"bill.burke(a)jboss.com" wrote : | If you saw my original post, this just isn't feasible as the EJB container (or any component that uses EE metadata references) might be referencing something that is MC-unaware. I.e. a third-party JMS implementation. | In that case you impose a weaker dependency, either no dependency at all or something like the JNDIDependencyItem. What you need is something that says this needs the weaker notion, I thought that already existed? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4082214#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...