anonymous wrote : | e.g. suppose we define a jboss-jca group so you can depend upon | all of jca being deployed, but then you add a new rar to the jboss-jca group? I see your point. The aliased dependent components would not be allowed to start until a complete scan was complete. So, you couldn't resolve dependencies until every single deployment in the system had been at least described. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4008939#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...