"mrwhite" wrote : But why do i need a conversation for that. it works fine when no validation fault appears.That's the point. If there's no validation fault, everything is ok. BUT: If there is one, then the page needs to be reloaded. Hence the state of the editor page must be "reloaded", too. And a good way to do this is to keep the state in a Conversation. anonymous wrote : And where should i put the @Begin annotation? Which method do you call before the edit page is displayed? To make sure we're talking about the same: I usually have a list page with a list bean, and an edit page with an edit bean. And the edit bean contains the following methods: @Begin(nested=true) public String create() {...} //To create a new entry @Begin(nested=true) public String edit() {...} //To edit an existing entry @End public String cancel() {...} //If the cancel button on the edit page is pressed @End public String save() {...} //If the save button is pressed (and validation was successfull) @End public String delete() {...} //If the delete button is pressed That's the "classic" pattern. Maybe you do it another way, so I wanted to make clear what I'm talking about ;). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3960333#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...