Ok. <component precedence="..." doesn't seem to work in 1.1.0GA java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: no such setter method: org.jboss.seam.core.ResourceBundle.precedence But I really do need to merge. I want to specify some default messages and let the user override them as they desire. Looks like I'll have to go back to loading the resource bundle myself and just checking the seam bundle for any overrides. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3994077#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...