In Seam 1.1, the @PostConstruct method is called after Seam "configures" the component, which includes injection of the Log) (In Seam 1.0.1, this is not the case.) But note that the "injection" talked about in the javadoc for @PostConstruct has *nothing* to do with Seam injection via @In. They are talking about EJB3 container injection using @Resource. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978771#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...