JSR 220: Enterprise JavaBeansTM,Version 3.0, Final Release, 4.5 Stateless Session Beans, 2nd paragraph: The term ?stateless? signifies that an instance has no state for a specific client. However, the instance variables of the instance can contain the state across client-invoked method calls. Examples of such state include an open database connection and an object reference to an enterprise bean object. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957734#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...