Converting the pojo to SFSB seems to have solved the problem. Is this possibly a scoping issue? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990205#3990205 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3990205