Which version of the JDK are you using? You need a 5.0 JDK to build EJB3 code that uses annotations. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3965276#3965276 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3965276