Seam JavaBean components do not support the @PersistenceContext annotation, which is only for EJB3 components. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990300#3990300 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3990300