I wrote this up in the Seam docs for Seam2. Take a look, it mostly applies to Seam 1 as well. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102969#4102969 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4102969