yes it is a good way, just do not have your standalone app call the mdb, but have it put a message in a queue ;-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4150435#4150435 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4150435