Hi Pete, It must be unit testing. Here is what I have tried with best of my knowledge. Here is my @BeforeClass method : @BeforeClass | public void init(){ | try { | HibernateSessionFactory hsf=new HibernateSessionFactory(); | hibernateSession=hsf.getSessionFactory().openSession(); | } catch (HibernateException e) { | // TODO Auto-generated catch block | e.printStackTrace(); | } catch (Exception e) { | // TODO Auto-generated catch block | e.printStackTrace(); | } | | } | I get FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeMethod begin | java.lang.IllegalStateException: Attempted to invoke a Seam component outside the an initialized application | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.getApplication(Lifecycle.java:36) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.beginSession(Lifecycle.java:173) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.ServletLifecycle.beginSession(ServletLifecycle.java:124) | at org.jboss.seam.mock.BaseSeamTest.begin(BaseSeamTest.java:918) | at org.jboss.seam.mock.SeamTest.begin(SeamTest.java:28) | Happy new year View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4116179#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...