I had same problem. Problem is in JBoss Seam. I made a patch againts 1.2.0.GA. See http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-1039 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4027476#4027476 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4027476