The PostConstruct will be called after the bean is instantiated. The bean will be instantiated when you lookup it up and access it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4187630#4187630 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4187630