Hello, I have a SFSB1 - it has an a field that is marked @In @Out. This same bean has an @Observer method that listens for an event raised by another SFSB2. Here is the trouble I am having. In a conversation, I click a link which invokes a method on SFSB2 - this method in SFSB2 is annotated with @RaiseEvent("MyEvent"), which SFSB1 is 'Observing'. When the @Observer("MyEvent") method gets invoked (due to the event), SFSB1 is throwing a NullPointerException on the field marked @In @Out. | 09:28:35,015 ERROR org.jboss.seam.exceptions.DebugPageHandler - redirecting to debug page | org.jboss.seam.RequiredException: @Out attribute requires non-null value: realmManager.application | .... | When I coded this, I assumed that @RaiseEvent would fire after outjection occurs on the SFSB1 method - i.e. invoke SFSB1 method - @In occurs - method proceeds - @Out occurs - @RaiseEvent fires from the exception, this looks like what is actually happening is: invoke SFSB1 method - @In occurs - method proceeds - @RaiseEvent fires - @Out occurs (?) Is this second case what is actually happending? If so, isn't the first case a better way to go if you want to have bijection work with raise+observe events? Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4032337#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...