Some progress made today and committed to trunk. EJBObject/EJBLocalObject now only implemented by Proxy if explicitly extended by bean provider's business interface. In the case of "remove" methods, this is now permitted. EJBObject/EJBLocalObject methods (ie. "remove" to remove a stateful instance), however, fail when cast from the Proxy to EJBObject/EJBLocalObject. To be revisited before completion of this task. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4091314#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...