Ok, the contactlist provides an example for the declarative use of the class via fwk in the components.xml - is it actually possible right now to use plain javabeans for the implementation (with not only the managed part being javabeans, but also the controller e.g. ContactHome is implemented as a POJO)?! And even if it is possible: If we want to write a ContactHome as a Stateless/Stateful SessionBean, the LocalContactHome still needs all the methods like getInstance, setId etc. on it's interface: An interface with all the methods, which are now only on the abstract classes, would still come in handy for that case.... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031882#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...