Yes. The getters are invoked more than once per request, you should NOT put expensive logic in getter method. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4095912#4095912 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4095912