"CptnKirk" wrote : | | For the most part though, if I'm simply going to initialize a variable that I'll use later within a controller's action method, putting the @Factory on a method within the controller is the way I go. Where would you initialize the variable? In the same object right? and put it @Out? or just @Factory would do? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4039484#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...