Probably. That code was copied from the seam documentation. Should this be posted on the seam user forums? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109306#4109306 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4109306