Why not just call setMaxResults in the constructor? Or, you can override the @Create method and do it there. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993490#3993490 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993490