In fact, the solution should really be that the type specified on the collection overrides this feature. But currently this is not the case. i.e. the following should always create a new array list not use the getter. | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | | <deployment xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" | xsi:schemaLocation="urn:jboss:bean-deployer bean-deployer_2_0.xsd" | xmlns="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0"> | | | <bean name = "Manager" class = "PluginManager"> | <property name = "bootstrapPlugins"> | <list elementClass = "java.lang.String" class="java.util.ArrayList"> | <value>Test</value> | </list> | </property> | </bean> | | </deployment> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4060416#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...