I've tried changing my component to @Stateless, but it doesn't help. my method is not even invoked. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4046389#4046389 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4046389