I am using jboss4.0.4 installed with ejb3. I would like to get an MBean's start() method to run as JBoss is starting up. Right now, the only way I know how to do this is to add the following to my %JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml file: <mbean code="com.example.ClassPreloadService" name="jboss.mx:service=ClassPreloadService" xmbean-dd=""> | <xmbean> | <operation> | <name>start</name> | </operation> | </xmbean> | </mbean> Is there a way I can do this with annotations? If not, I'm sure that editing %JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml is not a good idea in the long run. What is the best practice for doing this? Thanks for looking! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4052194#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...