Why do you see it that way? Certainly you should be able to inject them, and if its too error prone write a dependency that enforces the behavior: | <bean name="cache"> | <property name="channel"><inject bean="channel-resolver" property="cacheChannel" /></property> | </bean> | <bean name="partition"> | <property name="channel"><inject bean="channel-resolver" property="partitionChannel" /></property> | </bean> | <bean name="channel-resolver"> | ... | </bean> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4063537#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...