"pdeshmuk" wrote : Upon further digging, the root cause seems to be the PostConstruct annotated method not liking the ejbCreate method signature (the fact that it throws checked exceptions): | | | Any thoughts? | As per section 12.4 of EJB3 spec, anonymous wrote : Lifecycle callback interceptor methods defined on a bean class have the following signature: | void <METHOD>() So your ejbCreate method, which you have annotated with @PostConstruct does not follow this rule. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4174811#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...