"jaikiran" wrote : anonymous wrote : @WebService() | | @PersistenceContext(name = "persistence/LogicalName", unitName = "MissionStatusProjectPU2") | | public class MissionStatusService { | | | | EntityManager em; | | | | public MissionStatusService() { | | | | try { | | Context ctx = (Context) new javax.naming.InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env"); | | em = (EntityManager) ctx.lookup("persistence/LogicalName"); | | } catch (NamingException ex) { | | ex.printStackTrace(); | | } | | | | } | | How about this: | | | | @WebService() | | public class MissionStatusService { | | | | @PersistenceContext | | EntityManager em; | | | | public MissionStatusService() { | | //do nothing | | | | } | | ..... | | } | I did try that. Then my web service handler that uses the em to create the response fails with a null pointer error for em. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109345#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...