Is your User Class annotated so that its a Seam Component ? i.e. does it have the @Name("user") in it? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3987141#3987141 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3987141