[jboss-user] [JBoss Microcontainer Users] - Optional depends?

Is there a way to express an optional dependency between beans? e.g. install bean A before bean B, but only if bean A exists. In psuedo-markup: <bean name="A" class="..."> | <!-- A depends on B, if B exists --> | <depends optional="true">B</depends> | </bean> | <bean name="B" class="..."/> The "optional" aspect would be transparent if it were possible to describe the dependency within the guardian bean, instead of the dependent bean. e.g. In pseudo-markup: <bean name="A" class="..."/> | <bean name="B" class="..."> | <!-- A depends on B, but dependency is described in B, instead of A --> | <dependent>A</dependent> | </bean> The use case for this in the AS is mod_cluster, whose service bean must be installed before (and undeployed after) the WebServer bean. Normally, this would be expressed as jbossweb depends on mod_cluster, but jbossweb should not require mod_cluster. Thoughts? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4262221#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...