anonymous wrote : +- ConverterBean (proxy: $Proxy52 implements interface converter.ConverterHome,interface javax.ejb | .Handle) So your lookup should be: Context ctx = new InitialContext(); | Object objref = ctx.lookup("ConverterBean"); This should work. However, i am surprised as to why your bean was bound to the jndi-name "ConverterBean" instead of "ejb/ConverterBean", which you have mentioned in the jboss.xml as: <jboss> | <enterprise-beans> | <session> | <ejb-name>ConverterBean</ejb-name> | <jndi-name>ejb/ConverterBean</jndi-name> | <method-attributes> | </method-attributes> | </session> | </enterprise-beans> | </jboss> Where are you placing this jboss.xml file(just wanted to make sure that the server is picking up this file during deployment) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3962197#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...