"sfisque" wrote : does jboss support "partial descriptors", wherein, i can just put: | | | | <session> | | <ejb-name>MyBean</ejb-name> | | <jndi-name>context_name/ejb_binding_name</jndi-name> | | </session> | | | | and jboss would do the expected ejb3 auto-deploy magic for the remainder of the attributes (injecting from the annotations or defaults) | Yes, it does support partial descriptors. You can have a jboss.xml for the jndi-name and the rest can be configured through annotations. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4180116#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...