No. Seam allows you to design your app without patterns - you design as it suits you not, the framework. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4124918#4124918 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4124918