Get an MBean to start on JBoss startup

[psyllogism]

I am using jboss4.0.4 installed with ejb3.

I would like to get an MBean's start() method to run as JBoss is starting up. Right now, the only way I know how to do this is to add the following to my %JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml file:

<mbean code="com.example.ClassPreloadService" name="jboss.mx:service=ClassPreloadService" xmbean-dd="">
 <xmbean>
 <operation>
 <name>start</name>
 </operation>
 </xmbean>
</mbean>

Is there a way I can do this with annotations?

If not, I'm sure that editing %JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml is not a good idea in the long run. What is the best practice for doing this?

Thanks for looking!

[ppc]

http://trailblazer.demo.jboss.com/EJB3Trail/serviceobjects/jmx/index.html

[psyllogism]

Thanks, that worked.

I had tried that earlier and it didn't work; but I must have typo-ed the attributes in the annotation.