"adrian(a)jboss.org" wrote : Also, related to this, it might be useful if we generalise the install | to be doable at anytime (well at least from instantiated), | rather than just when the object is "installed". | Yup, I though about this once. Probably when doing callbacks, as you could also see that it's a lot similar. Kabir's AOP callbacks also allow you to do this. Some more code is required, and pointcut must match the exact bean. And it requires AOP. :-) I'll push the install execution to a common Action class + add the state attribute. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4130058#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...