Sure. They just need to be done in different states. Add state="Instantiated" to one of circular inject elements. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4159515#4159515 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4159515