if you have the following in components.xml <core:managed-persistence-context name="entityManager" | auto-create="true" | persistence-unit-jndi-name="java:/TestEntityManagerFactory"/> you can use @In(create=true) | private EntityManager entityManager; But one question. Why you have managed-bean stuff in faces-config.xml? This should be handelt from your annotations in your bean, I think! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4059519#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...