I have a session bean that has a variable (instance member) like this: @In(create=true) Foo foo; Even if "foo" is null, that should work, because it will just create it, right? But it doesn't work; I have to do: @In(create=true,required=false) Foo foo; which doesn't make sense. It seems like if create is true, then required is superfluous, right? Or not right? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993302#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...