Ugo, I will shortly commit changes that will allow you to use any JavaScript object (in addition to Java beans) as the model for an XMLForm. Attached is an example of the feedbackWizard sample using a pure JavaScript model. Of course, you can also embed Java objects inside the JavaScript object. Would this solve your problem? That way you could simply make your Java bean objects (derived from your O/R layer) properties of a larger JavaScript object that serves as the presentation layer model for XMLForm. Any additional information you need could also be stored in it.
I think this would cover all my needs in a more elegant way. I still don't understand how you access the model's attributes from the view, but I'm sure I'll see the light when you have committed your patches.
Ugo
