"vickyk" wrote : "gsniderJBoss" wrote : If a stateless EJB gets a JBossWorkManager (see code below) without going through an RA, should everything still work? | | | I am not able to understand why you are using the workmanager through the EJB , it should be used by the RA . | It does not make any sense to me using the workmanager through the EJB . What he is doing will work (assuming he's not breaking other ejb rules), but it's not very portable. :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4135501#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...