That's still a little unclear to me too. One big difference is that @Page can't be use in session beans. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989637#3989637 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3989637