I don't understand any of your comment. e.g. "alesj" wrote : Why should InstallItem be referenced by DependencyInfo? | Because that is where cross context dependency info is stored and where the real implementation of the dependency resolution is done. | I need to register a 'callback / install' item directly into the controller - holding the information of requested class, cardinality, target context, target method/property. | The only thing registered directly in the controller are the contexts. These have DependencyInfo, i.e. what is required before the context can change state. | Since with Controller.resolveContexts() I never iterate over already installed context's. | And even if I did, I should only iterate over those who actually hold any install item. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4038284#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...