This is still a gray area for me. I have not seen a clear and complete description of the implied scopes. Does it default to: The scope of the bijected component, if any? The bean which is injecting it? Conversation unless specified otherwise? Find in any scope? Thus far, I have always specified a scope for @Out, to be clear, but outside of that personal style, it's trial and error. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067148#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...