The way I do it is different because the way I define object relationship in hibernate (collection of items SAVE / DELETE_ORPHAN). - Create a table of existing items in collection and hidden panel for object edit. - Click add item: Create new object and add to collection - Show edit panel of new object - Hit update button of panel: just hide the panel. You should see object updated in table. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4085730#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...