Right, all you need to do is this: @Name("resourceBundle") | public class DatabaseResourceBundle extends ResourceBundle { | protected java.util.ResourceBundle loadResourceBundle(String name) { | return ..... ; | } | } Except .... I just realized that the new scanning code that went into CR1 breaks the ability to override built-in components! Which is a bad bug that I will need to fix for the GA. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-293 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3988274#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...