Which version of JBoss AS? I don't think that those annotations are supported until JBoss AS 5.0.0 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4206692#4206692 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4206692