Is "user" a spring bean? If you aren't using Spring then the ioc.jar won't help you. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4106127#4106127 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4106127