"bstansberry(a)jboss.com" wrote : I want it to keep extending HASingletonElectionPolicySimple. That really is the new default, in the sense that a call to isDRMMasterReplica() is basically the same as a HASEPS with a default 0 position. Extending HASEPS lets us have the simple added feature of that class. Fair point. "bstansberry(a)jboss.com" wrote : Yeah, give it an MBean interface. Let people change the preferred master via the JMX console. Changing a string attribute is a lot simple to support via tools vs. having to plug in a new polcy instance. Ok. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4127589#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...