Yes, use the @Converter annotation to register your converter (rather than registering it through faces-config.xml), use the @Transactional annotation on the getAsXXX methods, and do a entityManager.joinTransaction() before accessing the entityManager. We seem to be missing docs for @Converter and @Validator so post back if you are stuck. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4040734#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...