&quot;scott.stark(a)jboss.org&quot; wrote : That should just work. Yup, it's all there: ServiceMetaDataParser: | else if (element.getTagName().equals("depends")) | { | String mbeanRefName = element.getAttribute("optional-attribute-name"); | if ("".equals(mbeanRefName)) | mbeanRefName = null; | else | mbeanRefName = StringPropertyReplacer.replaceProperties(mbeanRefName); | | String proxyType = element.getAttribute("proxy-type"); | if ("".equals(proxyType)) | proxyType = null; | else | proxyType = StringPropertyReplacer.replaceProperties(proxyType); | | // Get the mbeanRef value | String dependsObjectName = processDependency(mbeanName, mbeanRefName, element, services, replace); | | if (mbeanRefName != null) | { | ServiceValueMetaData value = new ServiceDependencyValueMetaData(dependsObjectName, proxyType); | ServiceAttributeMetaData attribute = new ServiceAttributeMetaData(); | attribute.setName(mbeanRefName); | attribute.setValue(value); | attributes.add(attribute); | } | else | { | ServiceDependencyMetaData dependency = new ServiceDependencyMetaData(); | dependency.setIDependOn(dependsObjectName); | dependencies.add(dependency); | } | } | else if (element.getTagName().equals("depends-list")) | { | String dependsListName = element.getAttribute("optional-attribute-name"); | if ("".equals(dependsListName)) | dependsListName = null; | | NodeList dependsList = element.getChildNodes(); | ArrayList<String> dependsListNames = new ArrayList<String>(); | for (int l = 0; l < dependsList.getLength(); ++l) | { | if (dependsList.item(l).getNodeType() != Node.ELEMENT_NODE) | continue; | | Element dependsElement = (Element) dependsList.item(l); | if (dependsElement.getTagName().equals("depends-list-element")) | { | // Get the depends value | String dependsObjectName = processDependency(mbeanName, dependsListName, dependsElement, services, replace); | if (dependsListNames.contains(dependsObjectName) == false) | dependsListNames.add(dependsObjectName); | | if (dependsListName == null) | { | ServiceDependencyMetaData dependency = new ServiceDependencyMetaData(); | dependency.setIDependOn(dependsObjectName); | dependencies.add(dependency); | } | } | } ServiceDependencyMetaData: | public void visit(ServiceMetaDataVisitor visitor) | { | ServiceControllerContext context = visitor.getControllerContext(); | Object name = context.getName(); | Object other = iDependOn; | try | { | other = getIDependOnObjectName().getCanonicalName(); | } | catch (MalformedObjectNameException ignored) | { | } | visitor.addDependency(new LifecycleDependencyItem(name, other, ControllerState.CREATE)); | visitor.addDependency(new LifecycleDependencyItem(name, other, ControllerState.START)); | visitor.visit(this); | } | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030967#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...