Title: persistence-context # Via annotation Both lookup and injection of an EntityManager can be configured via the `@PersistenceContext` annotation. package org.superbiz; import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext; import javax.persistence.EntityManager; import javax.ejb.Stateless; import javax.naming.InitialContext; @Stateless @PersistenceContext(name = "myFooEntityManager", unitName = "foo-unit") public class MyBean implements MyInterface { @PersistenceContext(unitName = "bar-unit") private EntityManager myBarEntityManager; public void someBusinessMethod() throws Exception { if (myBarEntityManager == null) throw new NullPointerException("myBarEntityManager not injected"); // Both can be looked up from JNDI as well InitialContext context = new InitialContext(); EntityManager fooEntityManager = (EntityManager) context.lookup("java:comp/env/myFooEntityManager"); EntityManager barEntityManager = (EntityManager) context.lookup("java:comp/env/org.superbiz.MyBean/myBarEntityManager"); } } # Via xml The above @PersistenceContext annotation usage is 100% equivalent to the following xml. myFooEntityManager foo-unit Transaction org.superbiz.calculator.MyBean/myBarEntityManager bar-unit Transaction org.superbiz.calculator.MyBean myBarEntityManager