In my deployment, I want to be able to programmatically build a BeanMetaData, which represents a bean that should be injected into the property of another bean. However I hit a problem that I probably won't be able to explain properly, but here goes: First of all, the container is giving an error if the nested bean doesn't have a name. I don't see why it needs a name though, since it's only referenced by the outer bean? Second, the nested bean doesn't appear on the deployment, so even if the nested bean has a name, the deployment still fails with a "CONTEXTS MISSING DEPENDENCIES" message. Basically I'm trying to programmatically replicate this kind of structure: | <bean name="TheOuterBean" class="..."> | <property name="prop"> | <bean class="some.inner.Bean"/> | </property> | </bean> | Am I making any sense? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4154090#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...