Provided that components are properly defined with their dependencies, one should be able to start with a component such as a servlet and transition back to a state where the class loader is defined and then roll forward with the same metadata. We are a long way from having this level of integration between the deployers and mc such that we have the complete object graph described to the mc along with dependencies and install/uninstall actions. There is also a disconnect with how the class loader is defined at the deployer layer rather than via a factory that can be re-run to recreate the class loader (I believe), not to mention tracking dependicies based on type usage associated with the class loader. I believe looking at copying a deployment object graph along the lines of what Sacha is indicating is where we want to get to first. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989011#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...