I think the only way to do this is to create a getter that returns the already wrapped field and then use the "parent" components name , something like | public DataModel getListModel() { | return new ListDataModel(list); | then #{component1.listModel} and #{component2.listModel} should return the appropriate models. And yes, there's a bug with selection and index in the same class: http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-270 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3971760#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...