Why would you not wanting to use ejb3 in Seam since ejb3 is the one of the parts that made up Seam. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993343#3993343 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993343