ControllerMode defines how your beans move through states: automatically = as far as possible, manualy = 'you' will move it to next state, demand = when it is needed, disabled = not able to move it at all. anonymous wrote : | I just wanted to make sure that what I understand by reading the wikis and code is correct ? | And, what's the problems so far? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3975807#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...