"codelion" wrote : Question: What kind of component (with what annotations) would that have to be so it can be used as a javax.faces.convert.Converter and yet have a working @In EntityManager entityManager? Take a look at the converters component in the seam ui example. anonymous wrote : PS: If you didn't figure already, this is meant for a dynamic list in JSF, built from a list of entities that rarely but sometimes changes. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4023351#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...