Doh, I see. I have to make the stateless, which the example in the docs did (though it didn't describe why it did so.) I still think it's a little strange to have the @Unwrap annotation being used in that way. It would be better to have an @UponInjection annotation, which is called regardless of whether an unwrap is needed. And factory methods should call @UponInjection upon their delegates, if the latter are also components. Just random musings...you guys have thought about this more than I have :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4101433#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...