anonymous wrote : | I have a @DataModel (HashSet myEntries) in a SESSION-scoped JAVABEAN Seam component. (...) Is the initial myEntries Set (as returned from the @Factory method) cached somewhere? | Yes. It is session scoped so it is "cached" in the session. You could simply add the entity to your set after it has been persisted/merged. This will save you a trip to the database. Regards Felix View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4035116#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...