You may want to consider using the observer pattern which Seam implements using @Observer. Take a look at documentation. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4062433#4062433 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4062433