Can this be achieved by the following? 1. Configure DataSource and Hibernate session factory using Spring 2. Bind this session factory to JNDI under java:/sessionFactory 3. Spawn HibernateManagedSession in components.xml and set sessionFactoryJndiName to java:/bookingSessionFactory 4. When DAO method is invoked, get HibernateSession using Seam's Contexts.lookupInStatefulContexts(HibernateManagedSession_COMPONENT_NAME). TIA View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3986865#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...