It should be possible to make the examples work on 4.2, but if you can wait, Seam 1.3 will target AS 4.2. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4032937#4032937 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4032937