1) Use @Roles 2) Yes, this would make sense but .... we would need to introduce an @Component annotation View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3963038#3963038 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3963038