As far as I can see, a value for newEntry is never outjected. You'll need to enable one of those commented out outjections. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3958288#3958288 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3958288