[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - non-void property setters

Is there any particular reason why the property setters are restricted to having a 'void' return type? It is sometimes convenient to have a class like: | @Name(user) | public class User { | private String username; | private String password; | | public String getUsername() { return this.username; } | public User setUsername( String u ) { this.username = u; return this; } | public String getPassword() { return this.password; } | public User setPassword( String p ) { this.password = p; return this; } | } | so that you can then do: | ... | User user = new User().setUsername("rag").setPassword("s3cr3t"); | ... | Unfortunately, when we try to reference #{user.username}, we get value="#{user.username}": Property 'username' not writable on type java.lang.String. Thoughts? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4093801#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...