Pete Muir [http://community.jboss.org/people/petemuir] replied to the discussion "Implementing a non-flat deployment for Weld Integration" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/546079#546079 -------------------------------------------------------------- Because the Java EE/CDI specs require it. Ok, I think we've got crossed wires. You can't deploy a library jar in some "context" outside a deployment. The beans don't get created or anything outside the context of a deployment. Another way to think of it is that a library in default/lib with a beans.xml in it works just like a library in WEB-INF/lib. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/546079#546079] Start a new discussion in JBoss Microcontainer Development POJO Server at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]