anonymous wrote : There are no create methods in EJB3. This is EJB 2.x "client view" stuff. You should not be using that. I chalk this up to cursory javadoc. anonymous wrote : And why do you assume injection can't happen before the @Init method? Actually it does - it happens during @PostConstruct. Ignorance breeds assumptions, which is precisely why I use this forum. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982376#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...