Hi, maybe you can define the List or Set on ScopeType.APPLICATION an ouject it on application scope. then you can in- and outject this component on your Controller class and it saves you from accessing all instances of the conroller. or if you store the persons in a database you can query the database whenever you instantiate the list. would that help? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047157#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...