Since Kernel version 2.0.6 it is possible to setup order of loading for ComponentPlugin. Use the ' priority' tag to define plugin's load priority. By default all plugins has priority '0'. If you want one plugin to be loaded later than the others then just set its priority higher than zero.

Simple example of fragment of a configuration.xml.

...

<component>

  <type>org.exoplatform.services.Component1</type>

</component>



<external-component-plugins>

  <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.Component1</target-component>



  <component-plugin>

    <name>Plugin1</name>

    <set-method>addPlugin</set-method>

    <type>org.exoplatform.services.plugins.Plugin1</type>

    <description>description</description>

    <priority>1</priority>

  </component-plugin>



  <component-plugin>

    <name>Plugin2</name>

    <set-method>addPlugin</set-method>

    <type>org.exoplatform.services.plugins.Plugin2</type>

    <description>description</description>

    <priority>2</priority>

  </component-plugin>



</external-component-plugins>



<external-component-plugins>

  <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.Component1</target-component>

  <component-plugin>

    <name>Plugin3</name>

    <set-method>addPlugin</set-method>

    <type>org.exoplatform.services.plugins.Plugin3</type>

    <description>description</description>

  </component-plugin>

</external-component-plugins>

...

In this example, 'Plugin3' will be loaded first because it has the default priority '0'. Next one is 'Plugin1' and the last is 'Plugin2'.