MM> I agree with the points: MM> - get/putTransient should be on UIComponent, or TransientStateHelper MM> needs to be exposed MM> - no Serializable keys are necessary AS> Great. MM> But - I am not sure about removing the TransientStateHelper MM> contract... It doesn't need to extend from StateHelper, AS> Yep. MM> that is true - MM> but won't the code look funny if state-saved property handling looks MM> different from transient property handling? AS> The first patch does the following: AS> - Serializable -> Object for keys AS> - TransientStateHelper no longer extends StateHelper AS> - UIComponent.getTransientStateHelper() methods are public AS> - The 1-arg versions of getTransientStateHelper() and getTransient() are AS> now final (convenience methods) AS> - While I was in the code, I optimized the save/restoreTransientState() AS> methods to avoid unnecessary instantiation of the ComponentStateHelper I have committed this. Thanks Andy for supplying it. Ed -- | edward.burns(a)oracle.com | office: +1 407 458 0017 | homepage: | http://ridingthecrest.com/ | 8 work days until German Oracle User's Group Conference