You can create two components from the same class e.g. using @Role or two component definitions in components.xml View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4101770#4101770 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4101770