Graceful shutdown required for EJB 2.x container

Currently the only way to prevent resources being shutdown while a user application is still running after a shutdown command has been issued is to use the <depends> element in the jboss.xml deployment file. This approach is very tedious, inefficient and impractical for a very large applications. Customer is asking for more comprehensive approach where none of the resources are unloaded as long as the user application is still running after a shutdown command is issued. They would like to avoid the need for defining specific dependancies.