David Bosschaert [http://community.jboss.org/people/bosschaert] replied to the discussion "Deployer ordering question (JBoss OSGi)" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/549421#549421 --------------------------------------------------------------    protected void internalDeploy(DeploymentUnit unit) throws DeploymentException    {       StartLevelPlugin slp = bundleManager.getOptionalPlugin(StartLevelPlugin.class);       if (slp == null)          return;       OSGiMetaData md = unit.getAttachment(OSGiMetaData.class);       if (md instanceof AbstractOSGiMetaData)       {          AbstractOSGiMetaData amd = (AbstractOSGiMetaData)md;          int bsl = slp.getInitialBundleStartLevel(                md.getBundleSymbolicName(),                Version.parseVersion(md.getBundleVersion()));          if (bsl != StartLevelPlugin.INITIAL_BUNDLE_STARTLEVEL_UNSPECIFIED)          {             amd.setInitialStartLevel(bsl);          }       }    } In the very last line I'm writing to the deployment metadata that is already in the deployment unit. I need to access this OSGiMetaData in the OSGiBundleState after the bundle was installed but before someone calls start(). I tried overriding changeState() with reacting to the Bundle.INSTALLED change state but that's always called back before my deployer was called (too early). So I need a callback in the OSGiBundleState that calls me back at the right time so I can initialize the state based on what's in the OSGiMetaData. I couldn't find the right callback for that. Maybe we need to somehow get the OSGiStartLevelMetaDataDeployer to run a bit earlier as well to achieve this, I'm not sure... -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/549421#549421] Start a new discussion in JBoss Microcontainer at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]