Yes, my view does reference the context variable "selectedSession". 1. Since GASession is a Seam component, it will be instantiated by Seam even if the context variable already exists. Is that correct? 2. If I provide a default no-args constructor, this exception will go away? Then, do I have to provide an @Create method to initialize the GASession object created by Seam? This is where I don't understand. If Seam will instantiate a new instance of this component, then will it refers to the correct instance currently selected by @DataModelSelection? Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3996514#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...