You can look up the component and automatically create it if it doesn't exist like: MyBean myBean = Component.getInstance("myBean", true); Then set it to whichever context you want via: Contexts.getSessionContext().set("myBean", myBean); The above is not a perfect example, because if the myBean is ScopeType.SESSION, there is no reason to set it again in the Session context. -Samuel View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4097905#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...