Hibernate interceptor are a little easier to use. But that's not EJB3, that's hibernate specific View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4073031#4073031 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4073031