that definitely has potential. i was hoping on something more configuration level (xml descriptor, etc.). my goal is to keep the java code container agnostic (all ORM level stuff is done via JPA, all EE bindings are against the sun interfaces, etc.) so, is there a way to do what appears in that link (using a jboss specific annotation) via a descriptor tag rather than an annotation. TIA == stanton View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4180105#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...