"jnorris10" wrote : Is this bean reference restriction stuff mentioned in the spec? I didn't see anything like this under the Interceptors section. | This stuff is definitely in the spec. PeterJ is right, Interceptors only work if you call the method via a bean reference. It's true that in theory you may not have this restriction with AOP weaving, but I don't think the spec wants to mandate AOP for EJB3 implementers. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957565#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...