"mosabua" wrote : | @NotNull | @Length(min = 2, message="{person.lastName.length}")) | public String getLastName() | { | return lastName; | } | | A seam-gen generated scaffold application relies only on the Seam properties files, for example : @NotNull @Length(min = 1, max = 50, message = "#{messages['err.fullname.length']}") public String getFullname() { return fullname; } According entry in a properties file can look so: err.fullname.length = Fullname is mandatory and should be maximal 50 characters long The problem is obvious: max length information is spread among two places :-( The following form unfortunately doesn't work err.fullname.length = Fullname is mandatory and should be maximal {max} characters long I suppose this could be a feature request: Seam messages must be able to interpret hibernate-validator alike variables {max} View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3969198#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...