thanks, pete I'll try to sum up and clarify: * this is a stateless EJB3 Seam component - it is stateless | @Name("slsb") | | @Stateless | | class Slsb {} | | | * this is a POJO Seam component - it is stateful | @Name("pojo") | | class Pojo {} | | | * this is a stateful EJB3 Seam component - it is stateful | @Name("sfsb") | | @Stateful | | class Sfsb {} | | | in my last posts, I did not differentiate between pojo and sfsb (since both are stateful) the default scopes are explained in the seam reference @Scope annotation: http://docs.jboss.com/seam/latest/reference/en/html/annotations.html#d0e1... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121791#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...