The default BeanResolver that comes with EL looks for JavaBeans Properties, which require void setters. I imagine it wouldn't be hard to write an ELResolver that would look for non-void setters. If you do, (and it seems like an easy thing to do, though I've never done it), then you might consider submitting a patch, and maybe it'll get incorporated into Seam. :-) http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/reference/techart/unifiedEL.html View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4093804#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...