"kabir.khan(a)jboss.com" wrote : As long as your .ear is scoped, any .aop files contained in the .ear will only apply to the files within the .ear. | | http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossaop/docs/1.5.0.GA/docs/aspect-framework... | | For a .ear you would use META-INF/jboss-app.xml to set up the scoping: | http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ClassLoadingConfiguration OK, so the .aop just needs to be bundled into the .ear, not defined in jboss-app.xml or application.xml? The AOP deployer will just find it? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3965562#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...