Yes, since the action is annotated with @Begin(join=true). If join=true was not there you would get an exception. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121655#4121655 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4121655