"paper" wrote : | The Lookup Interface: | public interface Lookup { | | public String getShowName () ; | | public String getKey () ; | | } | I think a better solution would be to use annotations for these two properties, like @SelectItemName and @SelectItemKey. And if @SelectItemKey is missing from the entity the default action could be to use toString() on the @Id property. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3966726#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...