Methods with an "InvocationContext" parameter annotated with "javax.ejb.PostActivate" cause a validation exception in WebSphere v7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBSEAM-3726 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBSEAM-3726 Project: Seam 2 Issue Type: Bug Components: Platform interoperability Affects Versions: 2.1.1.CR2 Environment: WebSphere v7.0 Reporter: Denis Forveille Assignee: Pete Muir Priority: Critical Fix For: 2.1.2.CR1 Attachments: jbseam-3726.patch, jbseam-3726_2.patch, traceback.txt When starting our app in WebSphere v7.0 with seam v2.1.0.SP1, we receive the exception below Is it possible that annotation "javax.ejb.PostActivate" is used instead of "org.jboss.seam.annotations.intercept.PostActivate" annotation and that the former does not accept any parameter for the annotated method (At least in WebSphere v7.0) and the latter does... The method in question is declared as @PostActivate public void postActivate(InvocationContext invocation) throws Exception This method signature is present in classes SessionBeanInterceptor, EntityManagerProxyInterceptor and HibernateSessionProxyInterceptor Exception: [18/11/08 16:17:51:537 EST] 0000001a annotations E AnnotativeMetadataManagerImpl merge Caught exception while merging com.ibm.wsspi.amm.validate.ValidationException: For method, org.jboss.seam.persistence.EntityManagerProxyInterceptor.postActivate(Lorg/jboss/seam/intercept/InvocationContext;)V\[com.ibm.ws.amm.scan.util.info.impl.MethodInfoImpl@1b8e1b8e\], parameters were specified, but null was the expected comparison