Well, something got fixed in JBoss 4.0.5 because the same code now works as expected. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982792#3982792 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3982792