Thanks for your reply. It's defined by this line: | <f:loadBundle basename="messages" var="msgs" /> | and this entry in faces-config.xml | <message-bundle>messages</message-bundle> | <locale-config> | <default-locale>de</default-locale> | <supported-locale>de</supported-locale> | </locale-config> | And it works all over the page. The problem is with personalDataItem.anrede - when I hit submit, I receive the NullPointerException although a value is chosen in the selectOneMenu. I don't get why this happens... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4027197#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...