hstang, you're correct, I meant to say required=false in my original post. You said "anytime the owning component ... requires an outjection, the assertion will be made". When does it require outjection? You mentioned it's during invoke application or render phase, so is it correct for me to believe that it's only when an action method is accessed rather than just get/set a property upon first page access? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3997699#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...