Ah, it looks like we transform the ObjectName to its canonical value somewhere. I guess you will need an intermediate bean, that will transform the name back to ObjectName. e.g. | <bean name="String2ObjectName" class="org.acme.transformers.String2ObjectName"/> | | <property name="serverPeer"> | <value-factory bean="String2ObjectName" method="transform"> | <parameter> | <inject bean="jboss.messaging:service=ServerPeer" fromContext="name"/> | </parameter> | </value-factory> | </property> | Where String2ObjectName looks like this: | public ObjectName transform(String s) | { | return new ObjectName(s); | } | Or try to re-use our ObjectName property editor. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4206098#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...