"kabir.khan(a)jboss.com" wrote : | In this case setKernelControllerContext() gets called both during configure and install, with no real way to controll which of the lifecycle aspects to call. | You can check the state by looking at context.getState(); But like you said, it might be easier to be able to define different pointcuts. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4015039#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...