Also, what version of JBoss AS are you using? The line number in the exception message does not match up with what is in 4.0.5. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4038144#4038144 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4038144