The way I do it is as follow: ComponentA is created first

@Name("ComponentA")
@Scope(ScopeType.APPLICATION)
@Startup
public class ComponentA {
    String myProperty;

    @Create
    public void onCreate() {
        myProperty="blah";
    }
}

When ComponentB is created, the ComponentA is injected to B

@Name("ComponentB")
@Scope(ScopeType.APPLICATION)
@Startup
@Install(depends="ComponentA")
public class ComponentB {

    @In
    ComponentA a;

    @Create
    public void onCreate {
        System.out.println(a.getMyProperty());
    }

}

Hope it helps.

Hi,

Did you try the Factory Components, as described in ch 4.8 of Seam 2.2.0 documentation?