The issue affects app clients, web and ejb. Right now, the ordering (if implemented) is done in each container. So, I was thinking why not add a helper method in the metadata project and re-use the algorithm in each container? E.g. a method could be added to org.jboss.metadata.javaee.spec.LifecycleCallbacksMetaData public List<Method> getOrderedCallbacks(Class<?> defaultClass or whatever return type makes more sense. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4173624#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...