I also think it should be possible to make the pointcut attribute optional for the lifecycle events | <aop:lifecycle-configure xmlns:aop="urn:jboss:aop-beans:1.0" | name="JMXLifecycle" | class="org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.aspects.jmx.JMXIntroduction" | classes=&quot;(a)org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.aspects.jmx.JMX&quot; | </aop:lifecycle-configure> | Since in most cases the pointcut will be something along the lines of | execution(* CLASSES_VALUE->$implements{org.jboss.kernel.spi.dependency.KernelControllerContextAware}(..))"> | i.e.: | execution(* @org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.aspects.jmx.JMX->$implements{org.jboss.kernel.spi.dependency.KernelControllerContextAware}(..))"> | If something apart from this defaul needs doing it will be possible to specify the "pointcut" attribute as it works at present. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4014258#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...