hiya.. i found and solved problem... didnt post cos i had no time somehow, it has to do with naming system in jboss .. check followign files conf\jboss-service.xml deploy\ejb-deployer.xml deploy\ear-deployer.xml deploy\naming**something**.xml you'll see an entry CallByValue. you have to set it to true (if it is set to false) this will fix your problem pls post here or mail me at mmistroni(a)gmail.com fi this does not fix ur problem.. i have code @work, so i can postmor etomorrow hth marco View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3975028#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...