I received a reply from the ICEfaces Forum: http://www.icefaces.org/JForum/posts/list/6110.page anonymous wrote : The TimerBean interface is not currently being used. If you wanted to add to the TimerBeamImpl, make it stateful for example, you might want it. Other than that, it's just legacy. (we did ask that it be removed, but it lingers on....) | | The TimerBeanImpl is just an example of how to use server-initiated rendering in the form of ICEfaces IntervalRenderer. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4099402#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...