Here's some imaginary XML: | <threading> | <thread-group name="MyServiceThreads" daemon="false" max-priority="10"/> | | <thread-factory name="MyServiceThreadFactory"> | <thread-group name="MyServiceThreads"/> | <thread-name pattern="%s-%d"> | <param type="thread-group-name"/> | <param type="thread-number"/> | </thread-name> | </thread-factory> | | <cached-thread-pool-executor name="MyServiceExecutor"> | <thread-factory name="MyServiceThreadFactory"/> | </cached-thread-pool-executor> | </threading> | Or something like that. Then you inject the executor into your POJO the usual way. It's always nice to have the container control all this crap... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4175904#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...