Well in the above code snippet, the process method would run when the employee variable is set in the conversation only, and not in any other context. The motivation behind this would be so that a developer can choose which component AND context to listen to, in case there are two different components with the same name but in different contexts. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4105621#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...