PessimisticLockInterceptor does that in 1.4.1.GA. Not sure when that was introduced. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4006836#4006836 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4006836