Wouldn't those objects still be in memory with the SFSB still being alive? If you persist many objects and the persistence context closes, doesn't that mean the objects become detached only...aren't those objects still in memory though? On an unrelated note, does <s:decorate> only work for per-field validation as defined in the annotations? Let's say a backing session bean figures out in its action method that multiple fields are invalid (based on business logic, not Hibernate Validator), how from the action method would you get <s:decorate> for certain fields to alert the user of invalid input? The reason the validation can't be done directly on a per-field basis is because whether a form field is invalid depends on the value of another form field... Is what I'm suggesting even possible? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3994867#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...