i saw this, http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-952 are you using java 1.5 or 1.6? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067000#4067000 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4067000