"milli" wrote : Let's forget about propagating parameters values for a while. But when it comes to just passing GET parameters(to the backing bean component) shouldn't they be having the same behaviour? | | Here is what I found out. | | When you have the parameter defined in pages.xml, here is the flow of the backing bean component: | | * Seam calls @Create method first | * It then calls setters on the parameters to initialize the values | | With @RequestParameter, the behaviour is | * Seam injects parameter values first (No need to have setters) | * It then calls the @Create method The behaviour you describe is consistent through Seam. @RequestParameter does injection (which of course occurs before @Create but after the constructor), page parameters set model attributes (which occurs after the constructor and @Create). Spend some time understanding what injection is and what page parameters are. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4073269#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...