@Scope(ScopeType.SESSION) | @Name("whateverConverter") | @Interceptors(SeamInterceptor.class) | | public class WhateverConveter implements Converter, Serializable { | | @In(create=true) | private EntityManager em; //Hint: There needs to be an "em" in your components.xml, see 9.4.2 of the Seam reference | | public String getAsString(....Object object) { | | return ( (Whatever) object ).getId().toString(); | | } | | public Object getAsObject(....String string) { | | return em.find(Whatever.class, Long.valueOf(string)); | | } | | | } This converter example would make it possible to use your Entity beans in select menus. As I said I even added caching (even with a possibility to mark the contained entities as dirty if changes happen) and a method to generate SelectItems (with the same cache). But that's just an idea of the nice things you can do with a converter. PS: I reconstructed my converter and the caching went from an inner class directly into my code. And now it works like a charm. Inner classes seam to make problems in Converters, keep that in mind if you ever want to do that. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3974131#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...