Yeah, this is a good approach, and should work in Seam. (If it does not, its a bug.) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3956843#3956843 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3956843