JBoss development, A new message was posted in the thread "Externalizing Scope: Resolving EJB References and Endpoints": http://community.jboss.org/message/523724#523724 Author : Pete Muir Profile : http://community.jboss.org/people/petemuir Message: -------------------------------------------------------------- BTW the reason we need to hold this reference beyond creation is to allow us to request the EJB is removed at a later date.   CDI can do this because it actively manages the lifecycle of a bean - for example a  session scoped bean has a well defined point at which it is destroyed (when the http session ends) - and needs to request that the EJB container removes the EJB.   As the session is a passivating scope, and can be replicated, we also need to hold this reference across passivation. -------------------------------------------------------------- To reply to this message visit the message page: http://community.jboss.org/message/523724#523724