I think you don't want to do things like | @Name("PackageManager") | public class PackageManager | { | ... | @In(required = false) ... | private Package packageLine; | } | | ... | #{PackageManager.packageLine} | When jsf calls setPackageLine(), packageLine will be set, but immediately afterwards it will be nulled because of disinjection (from the @In). Maybe this is causing your problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079019#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...