Thanks for this help. It works now with the code below: public boolean authenticate() { | try { | User user0 = (User) entityManager.createQuery( | "from User where username = :username") | .setParameter("username", Identity.instance().getUsername()) | .getSingleResult(); | if ( !compareHash( user0.getHashedPassword(), Identity.instance().getPassword() ) ) | { | return false; | } | | user = user0; | | if( user.getRoles() != null ) { | for (UserRole r : user.getRoles()) | Identity.instance().addRole(r.getName()); | } | return true; | } | catch (NoResultException ex) { | log.warn("Invalid username/password"); | return false; | } | } Can anyone clarify why it fails with identity injected via @In--it used to work before? Thanks--Alex View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4022432#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...