Ole, I note the <ejb-class> element fomr ejb-jar.xml references 'PowerSession', the concrete implementation of the abstract 'PowerBean' class. I added my business methods to 'PowerBean', not 'PowerSession'. The EAR produced by JBossIDE deployed and I was able to test with it. I extracted the interface from 'PowerBean', not 'PowerSession'. The xdoclet @ejb.interface-method tags moved from 'PowerBean' to 'PowerService', the newly extracted interface, during the refactor process. Thanks again, -Mark View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982091#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...