"cristi.ciuc" wrote : Thank you for the replies. | | So, I understand that when | | <f:actionListener type="com.nortel.emp.listener.AddRoleListener" /> | | is called, a new instance of the listener gets created, that is not intercepted by Seam. Is that correct? Yes, from org.apache.myfaces.taglib.core.ActionListener ActionListener al = (ActionListener)ClassUtils.newInstance(className); and ClassUtils.newInstance is basically a wrapper for Class clazz.newInstance(); anonymous wrote : If so, my question still stands: how can I use seam injection in a JSF ActionListener? How can I tell Seam via the <f:actionListener /> tag to use an existing instance of my listener, (annotated as a seam component ) and not create a new one? | Well AFAICS you can't with f:actionListener as it stands - you have to use the actionListener attribute on the tag. You could of course extend/create your own my:actionListener with, say, a value attribute, which would would then instantiate a Seam component (either via EL using the SeamVariableResolver or as Gavin mentioned above). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3975574#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...