Which version of JBoss AS? And please post the import statement that you have (especially for the Transaction* annotations) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4244669#4244669 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4244669