Mh... template method pattern, very beautiful. I'm messing around with JSF frameworks and example codes for a while now, and I often wondered why no one did it like this before. I'd like to add something. I believe you can implement the setObject()-method in the abstract class PersistenceBean, too, since it should be the same in alle inheriting classes. BUT: What about casting? I mean when you access the employee, e.g. <h:outputText value="#{employee.name}" /> then JSF accesses the getName() method of the employee object. But since this one is a java.lang.Object and not a Employee I fear that we might get a MethodNotFoundError. Or is the reflection mechanism in Java smart enough for this? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3956905#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...