The problem is purely on AOP annotation which is used by JBOSS and your JDK. JBOSS 4.2.2 uses JDK1.5 annotation. But my workspace uses JDK1.6 annotation. This is the cause for the problem. If you want to check annotation references in JBOSS login into the console and expand JBOS AOP link you could see the annotation entry. You have to make sure your JDK and JBOS annotation should be same version. It worked perfectly at my envrionment. Regards Tamil Selvan. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4180087#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...