My MDB class implements MessageListener, which already has default JMX lifecycle methods: the org.jboss.ejb3.ServiceDelegateWrapper. There are activation properties well documented here: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ConfigJMSMessageListener I tried adding the @Management tag to the MDB class, which does not affect anything. Does the @MessageDriven tag on the MDB class make this impossible? I tried forking off the management methods into an abstract class, then in the MDB class specify @Management(MyJMXBase.class) which blows b/c the MDB class needs to implement MessageListener (even tho my abstract class implements MessageListener): ExceptioN: unable to determine messagingType interface for MDB So I put @Management(MyJMXBase.class) tag on the MDB class (which extends MyJMXBase), implement MessageListener directly, and this does nothing. What is needed to add a JMX operation (method) to an MDB? I can't find any docs on @Management anyway, so it feels like i'm fishing ... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4027328#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...