I wonder where I got the idea that Seam would either find it in the specified context or call the no-arg constructor for me. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4026826#4026826 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4026826