Ronald, I've created a similar super class for all my test cases. I've come to the same methods (and some more) as you mention. I'm also writing a blog post about it (in my backlog for a month now .... geez). Currently, my test class uses some nifty Spring features for automatic rollback after each test etc... Perhaps we can work together on this to create a general solution? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4195528#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...