You can "trick" JBoss to reload something by using JMX, refer to the main deployer. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978362#3978362 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3978362