anonymous wrote : | Instead, add a .sar to your ear that instantiates an mbean that introduces a small delay in its startService() method, to get your delay | The startService() will be invoked after the init() is over , how will this be useful . I think I have not understood what you are trying to convey . View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961844#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...