I have a stateful session bean with extended persistence context.

Everything works fine with JBoss Seam 1.2.1.GA, but not with JBoss Seam 2.0.0.BETA1 - a 'java.lang.IllegalStateException: Transaction present on server in Never call' is thrown.

I have two methods with the @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER) annotation:

 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER)
 public String getCategory() {
 return category;
 }

 @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER)
 public void setCategory(String category) {
 this.category = category;
 }

The following exceptions are thrown when I'm using JBoss Seam 2.0.0.BETA1:

javax.faces.FacesException: javax.el.ELException: /xhtml/food/product/find.jspx @46,117 value="#{foodBean.category}": Error reading 'category' on type org.javassist.tmp.java.lang.Object_$$_javassist_33
 at javax.faces.component.UIOutput.getValue(UIOutput.java:176)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.getCurrentSelectedValues(MenuRenderer.java:651)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.renderOption(MenuRenderer.java:524)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.renderOptions(MenuRenderer.java:757)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.renderSelect(MenuRenderer.java:811)
 at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.MenuRenderer.encodeEnd(MenuRenderer.java:335)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:833)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:896)
 at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:137)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:809)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
 at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
 at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:578)
 at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
 at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:233)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at teamdev.jsf.util.ResourceFilter.doFilter(SourceFile:67)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:264)
 at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:107)
 at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:72)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:110)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:217)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.ui.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:106)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:229)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:148)
 at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:98)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:44)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:73)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:87)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:63)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:46)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:127)
 at org.ajax4jsf.framework.ajax.xmlfilter.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:277)
 at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:40)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:140)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at com.mediatorsystems.workoutjournal.filter.SessionTimeoutFilter.doFilter(SessionTimeoutFilter.java:43)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:156)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:580)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Caused by: javax.el.ELException: /xhtml/food/product/find.jspx @46,117 value="#{foodBean.category}": Error reading 'category' on type org.javassist.tmp.java.lang.Object_$$_javassist_33
 at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:76)
 at javax.faces.component.UIOutput.getValue(UIOutput.java:173)
 ... 79 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Transaction present on server in Never call
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxInterceptor$Never.invoke(TxInterceptor.java:64)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPropagationInterceptor.invoke(TxPropagationInterceptor.java:76)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateful.StatefulInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatefulInstanceInterceptor.java
22:05:29,325 ERROR [STDERR] :83)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.security.AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(AuthenticationInterceptor.java:77)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.security.Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.java:106)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.ENCPropagationInterceptor.invoke(ENCPropagationInterceptor.java:46)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.asynchronous.AsynchronousInterceptor.invoke(AsynchronousInterceptor.java:106)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateful.StatefulContainer.localInvoke(StatefulContainer.java:204)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateful.StatefulLocalProxy.invoke(StatefulLocalProxy.java:100)
 at $Proxy131.getCategory(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:21)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInvocationContext.proceed(RootInvocationContext.java:31)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.ClientSideInterceptor$1.proceed(ClientSideInterceptor.java:72)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:56)
 at org.jboss.seam.ejb.RemoveInterceptor.aroundInvoke(RemoveInterceptor.java:41)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:68)
 at org.jboss.seam.core.SynchronizationInterceptor.aroundInvoke(SynchronizationInterceptor.java:32)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.SeamInvocationContext.proceed(SeamInvocationContext.java:68)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.RootInterceptor.invoke(RootInterceptor.java:106)
 at org.jboss.seam.intercept.ClientSideInterceptor.invoke(ClientSideInterceptor.java:50)
 at org.javassist.tmp.java.lang.Object_$$_javassist_33.getCategory(Object_$$_javassist_33.java)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:62)
 at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:53)
 at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:64)
 at org.jboss.el.parser.AstPropertySuffix.getValue(AstPropertySuffix.java:53)
 at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:67)
 at org.jboss.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:186)
 at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:71)
 ... 80 more

Of course everything works just fine if I remove the @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER) annotation.

But I really don't understand what part of the code have started a transaction before the getCategory() is called !

Any logic explanation why this works with JBoss Seam 1.2.1.GA and not with JBoss Seam 2.0.0.BETA1?