One more note - you don't need the @Name("foo.bar.TabBean") annotation since you aren't ever using TabBean by that name. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3997927#3997927 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3997927