> Does this approach have any significant improvement over the former? and > what could be the cons
Like Alex said, look at LoadableDetachableModel for instance. You don't have to discard right away; just do at at the end of the request. It's what detachable is for. Pro detaching: less memory consumption per session, and you can avoid lazy loading problems when you use e.g. Hibernate. Con: more database traffic (if you don't cache these objects) and cpu usage (though very very minimal). In general a pro is also that your objects are always fresh. A general con when working in forms can be that you have to persist changes right away or you'll lose them with the reload. Eelco --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]