1) If you have an @Stateless bean it can't have any fields on it. read about what @Stateless *really* means (this probably explains your values changing) 2) This is because you are outjecting into EVENT scope. So, the process is this whilst rendering the page Try to access boolean value, not in context, so null and so on Render datatable, initialized by @Factory on seam component as boolean value. component does outjection including boolean value, Try to access boolean value, now in context. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4126796#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...