This is really just a jsf question, but you can acheive this just like exporting to html - with one key difference, you must include the f:view tag with a content type of text/xml. Although I have used facelet templates with this technique, I assume the examples below can easily be adapted. Note 1: You can specify content types other than text/xml - if you do, make sure the f:view encloses your output document - facelets will only parse valid xml. Note 2: This will not work with icefaces - its direct to dom rendered expects a dom tree with root element of html (haven't checked this with 1.6 releases though). Note 3: Seam now provides a way of outputting pdf documents using jsf tags - see seam docs! Example 1: outputting xml | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> | <myXmlRoot xmlns:t="http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk" | xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"> | <f:view contentType="text/xml" /> | <t:dataList var="rowData" value="#{results}"> | <myItem>#{rowData.description}</myItem> | </t:dataList> | </myXmlRoot> | Example 2: outputting csv | <f:view contentType="text/csv" | xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" | xmlns:t="http://myfaces.apache.org/tomahawk"> | | "First Item", "Second Item" | <t:dataList var="rowData" value="#{results}"> | "#{rowData.item1}", "#{rowData.item2}" | </t:dataList> | | </f:view> | Hope this helps, Pete View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4033662#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...