title: Eager / auto loading of EJB / load EJB on startup (on JBoss)
body: <p>EJBs seem to be loaded lazily - whenever accessed.</p>
  
  <p>However, I want to initialize them eagerly - i.e. whenever the container starts-up. How is this achieved (in JBoss in particular)</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://community.jboss.org/message/112819#112819" rel="noreferrer">This topic</a> gives some hints, but isn't quite satisfactory.</p>