I'm not yet used to web services. But based on what i see, because of the way webservice TestWebService (which also is a EJB) is being constructed and invoked, the dependency injection never kicks in. My understanding is that the dependency injection will kick in only when the TestWebService is used as a EJB. Someone with a better web services experience, here, might be able to help you understand the exact problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4175892#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...