OK so I am on the correct path, I have decared the root context correctly, but I still can't get access to the beans defined in the root context. As I said in my previous email, the "initialize" method of JndiRootApplicationContextLookup , should probably call the lookup method or something. As it is right now, it's doing nothing but initializing a string. and no one is calling the lookup method. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4135984#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...