You've lost me. StringPropertyReplacer is just a utility to parse for ${...} and replace given a mapping. There is no source for the mapping. I could replace the getValue(String name, String value) logic in the object factory with StringPropertyReplacer, but that can't be what you are suggesting. We need a source for the mapping. StringPropertiesService is the source. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4030890#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...