In order to do this with an interceptor, would I not have to make a separate thread? Otherwise, how could my interceptor gain control to throw an exception if it has chained on to code that does not return in the allotted time? Creating a new thread is worrisome since interceptor state is held on the thread, right? I guess I am not quite sure what your suggestion is> Thanks, Harold View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4012529#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...