O, my bad - IStatefullBean b = (IStatefullBean)con.lookup("StatefullBean/local") it's correct. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4083423#4083423 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4083423