"wolfc" wrote : anonymous wrote : // @todo SORT THIS OUT, i.e. dependency that doesn't go through controller | That's nasty and putting people on the wrong foot. So in effect I don't return a context, but just a simple name/value. | Thanks. That's true, but I think this example is not that nasty. Perhaps try to limit the scope in which the lookup is done. We could introduce new JNDI 'personality', which would only have 2 states: NOT_INSTALLED and INSTALLED. But that would mean that all local JNDI registry would have to go over MC, not sure what to do with remote/global lookups. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079134#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...