I wrote a stateless session bean with timeservice. i don't want to use annonation @Timeout, so how can i define some timeout method in ejb-jar.xml? i followed the ejb3 core specification and some examples in Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans? 3.0. i added the following lines for the SLSB in ejb-jar.xml <timeout-method> <method-name>ejbTimeout</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>javax.ejb.Timer</method-param> </method-params> </timeout-method> the timeout method defined in my SLSB(without @Timeout annotation) : public void ejbTimeout(Timer timer) { ...... } the deployments runs fine, and i successfully create a timer for the SLSB but after a little while when the timeout method should be called, i receive an EJBException in console: javax.ejb.EJBException: No method has been annotated with @Timeout if i add @Timeout for the ejbTimeout(Timer timer) or make my Stateless Session Bean class implement javax.ejb.TimedObject , the EJBException disappears, ejbTimeout(Timer timer) is called and everything is ok. My Environments JBoss 4.0.5.G.A JBoss EJB3 RC9 I want to know wether there is anything wrong for my code or ejb-jar.xml or just current ejb3 implementation does not support <timeout-method> now. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993327#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...