Please post the JBoss and Java version. Also please post the entire exception stacktrace and also you bean definition. What exactly is a managed bean? You mean @Service? While posting the logs or xml content or code, remember to wrap it in a code block using the Code button in the message editor window and please hit the Preview button to make sure your post is correctly formatted View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4191788#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...