As a thought... you may find it useful to subclass MutableController, or PersistenceController, or Controller. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4063039#4063039 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4063039