The @Factory style outjection was introduced in 1.1 series (before it just had a void outcome). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993485#3993485 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993485