anonymous wrote : | A side affect is those listed in application.xml come before those listed in jboss-app.xml. | Well that is correct . Actually the ear deployer reads the application.xml first and then the jboss-app.xml file . So as per the JBAS-2904 the ordering seems to be correct . I can think of the possible way to get the JBAS-3503 rectified 1) Modify the Test suite , removal of the -ds.xml from the jboss-app.xml and deploy this prior deploying the ejb . 2) Modify the EARDeployer to read the jboss-app.xml first and then the application.xml. This needs to be done in the init(..) of the EARDeployer . Personally I dont favor this and does not fit . View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3964542#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...