PS I also simplified even further, but testing to see if I receive a generic Object without an error and it still burps: Caller: Object thisObject = new Object(); | System.out.println(ftpbean.doWork(thisObject)); Interface: public String doWork(Object object); Bean: public String doWork(Object object){ | return "I'm here!"; | } View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225004#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...