David Lloyd [http://community.jboss.org/people/david.lloyd%40jboss.com] replied to the discussion "Profiles in domain.xml" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/545947#545947 -------------------------------------------------------------- I get where you're coming from.  I'd just be concerned though if it got to a point where it is impossible to start up a server without a large and complex domain.xml file.  I don't like the idea of merging XML documents though.  I don't think the defaults would be coming from everyplace, just from components which are (a) managed and (b) are in use but were not specified in the domain.xml. Another scenario this could be relevant is where a component is upgraded, causing more features to become available.  The component might want to update its domain configuration with the new default values for the new features.  Patching a secondary XML file at upgrade time seems much messier than just using the defaults from a management perspective. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/545947#545947] Start a new discussion in Management Development at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]