Use can try using value-factory injection into password property. And just hide/decrypt the password in that value bean. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4098015#4098015 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4098015