Yes..I do the following: | try { | InitialContext ctx=new InitialContext(); | stateful=(UserStateful)ctx.lookup("NewsCrawler/UserStatefulBean/remote"); | } catch (ServiceLocatorException e) { | e.printStackTrace(); | } | The object is looked up correctly, but it is not an instance of UserStateful. It is an instance of Proxy. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4116955#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...