What do you want? Two local fields referencing the _same instance_ of the TeamHome component or two instances? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4052048#4052048 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4052048