You should not presume *anything* for now, because the behavior will change utterly in Seam 1.1 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978831#3978831 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3978831