Why is #{MyEntityConverter} an EL expression? This will (most likely) come out as null. So you are not setting a converter at all. Regards Felix View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4033531#4033531 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4033531