DA> Without putting a lot of thought into it, I had the same opinion when DA> developing my JSF 2 talk. I'm also interested in the justification for not DA> using convention over configuration. DG> I'm not sur but localized ressources will be easiest packaged ? Yes, this is a well known problem. Cay Horstmann harangued me in our little JavaOne hallway talk [1]. I think it's counter-productive to talk about blame. It was in the original design and this problem was not discovered when the design was shared and discussed with the EG. I searched the jsr-314-eg archives and there was no dissent on this point. Spec issue 548 is tracking the resolution of this problem. Ed [1] http://bit.ly/cayhallwaytalk -- | ed.burns(a)sun.com | office: 408 884 9519 OR x31640 | homepage: | http://ridingthecrest.com/