You can provide more separation by returning a logical outcome from the action method and mapping that to a view from a naviation rule in faces-config.xml. IMO this provides the necessary split between business logic and navigation. I guess the Seam examples return view-ids directly as it makes the example more readable (one less place to look). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989608#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...