Thanks ... Look forward to that in the annotated format. Actually, I find that a Lifecycle-Configure is probably the way to go, rather than doing an . One addendum, if somebody happens to try my code out, the aspect declaration works better as: | <aop:aspect xmlns:aop="urn:jboss:aop-beans:1.0" | name="LifecycleAdvice" | class="com.autodesk.lbs.service.mc.LifecycleInterceptor" | method="handle" | pointcut=" | execution(public void $instanceof{com.autodesk.lbs.service.Service}->create()) | OR | execution(public void $instanceof{com.autodesk.lbs.service.Service}->start()) | OR | execution(public void $instanceof{com.autodesk.lbs.service.Service}->stop()) | OR | execution(public void $instanceof{com.autodesk.lbs.service.Service}->destroy()) | "> | <property name="kernel"> | <inject bean="jboss.kernel:service=Kernel" /> | </property> | <depends>LifecycleCallback</depends> | </aop:aspect> | [/cpde] View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067988#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...