"david.lloyd(a)jboss.com" wrote : | Looking at the AS source, it seems that almost all the deployers are currently using ServiceDeployment/ServiceMetaData at the moment. Does this mean that we're going to make a move towards the KernelDeployment method instead? | That's because they are mostly ports from MBeans. So it's easier/quicker for them to use ServiceMetaData. But for new things, I would definitely recommend KernelDeployment/BeanMetaData. If you have any issues, let me know. Here or on the MC user forum. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4124807#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...