"c_inconnu" wrote : Seam requires a public no-args constructor and a public setLogin. This is an interesting statement. Which bit of Seam, what are you trying to do? anonymous wrote : For me that's not a good design practice since the entity is then merely a C struct. Not really, as, IMO, a large difference between a javabean and a strut is encapsulation. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4036384#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...