Use an interceptor - take a look at the BijectionInterceptor for how Seam does injection/outjection. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4114001#4114001 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4114001