Thanks Pete, Component.getInstance() works. I still have an issue where a (legacy) DAO is returning a list of e.g. CatalogModel and the user selects one. With JSF, it is easy to set the backing bean to a particular object. The equivalent method in Seam, Context.set(name, object) sets the object, but does not initialize it as a Seam component. I have started to look at your source code, have not yet found the salient point where an object returned by the EntityManager is turned into a Seam Bean. What am I missing? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4127109#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...