thanks for your reply. Should I use the @Transient (i.e. for entities) or the java-transient ? I am also accessing another EJB which should be initialized before a PostActivate annotated method is called - however, it seams as if my other bean is null at that point: @In(create=true,value="configuration") Configuration cconfig; Thank you! ~joey View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3998413#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...