It' always a good idea to look for the initializations of your own components. This gave me the major clue. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4038751#4038751 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4038751