I'd like to focus on what we can get for free within EJB3. Ales mentions a lot of MC-provided functionality for installing the EJB Implementation Class and adding onto it. I'm more thinking in terms of: * New EJB Type (new Container), building upon either SessionContainer or StatelessContainer * Install a Proxy to the EJB in MC, instead of in JNDI * Add deployment-level Lifecycle Callbacks So maybe the following: @Stateless | @MC(name="MyBean") | public class MyMcBean implements MyMcLocalBusiness{...} ...is what this looks like, making a SLSB, installing the proxy into MC at "MyBean", and hooking the callbacks into MC's lifecycle mechanism. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4153881#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...