Register tutorial basic error javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException (Target Unreachable)

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registration.xhtml value="#{register.user.firstName}": Target Unreachable, 'user' returned null on ...
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException:

Registration.java

import javax.ejb.Remove;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Begin;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Destroy;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.End;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Observer;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
import org.jboss.seam.faces.FacesMessages;
import org.jboss.seam.security.Identity;
import org.jboss.seam.security.RunAsOperation;
import org.jboss.seam.security.management.IdentityManager;
import org.jboss.seam.security.management.JpaIdentityStore;

import com.extsf.model.user.User;
import com.extsf.model.user.UserAccount;

@Name("register")
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class Registration {
     
     private User user;
     private UserAccount newAccount;
     private String username;
     private String password;
     private String passwordConfirmation;
     private boolean passwordVerified;
     
     @In
     EntityManager entityManager;

     @In
     Identity identity;
     
     @In
     IdentityManager identityManager;
     
     @Begin
     public void createUser()
     {
          user = new User();
     }

     public void verifyPassword()
     {
          passwordVerified = (passwordConfirmation != null && passwordConfirmation.equals(password));
          if (!passwordVerified)
          {
               FacesMessages.instance().addToControl("confirmPassword", "Passwords don not match");
          }
     }
     
     @Observer(JpaIdentityStore.EVENT_USER_CREATED)
     public void userAccountCreated(UserAccount account)
     {
          account.setUser(user);
          this.newAccount = account;
     }
     
     @End
     public void createUserAccount()
     {
          entityManager.persist(user);
          new RunAsOperation()
          {
               public void execute()
               {
                    identityManager.createUser(username, password);
                    identityManager.grantRole(username, "user");
               }
          }.addRole("admin").run();
          
          newAccount.setUser(user);
          newAccount = entityManager.merge(newAccount);
          
          // Automatically, sign the user in
          identity.getCredentials().setUsername(username);
          identity.getCredentials().setPassword(password);
          identity.logout();
     }
     
     public User getUser()
     {
          return user;
     }
     
     public String getUsername()
     {
          return username;
     }
     
     public void setUsername(String username)
     {
          this.username = username;
     }
       
     public String getPassword()
     {
          return password;
     }
       
     public void setPassword(String password)
     {
          this.password = password;
     }
       
     public String getPasswordConfirmation()
     {
          return passwordConfirmation;
     }
       
     public void setPasswordConfirmation(String passwordConfirmation)
     {
          this.passwordConfirmation = passwordConfirmation;
     }
       
     public boolean isPasswordVerified()
     {
          return passwordVerified;
     }
       
     @Destroy @Remove
     public void destroy() {}
}

registration.xhtml

                            <h:inputText id="firstname" required="true"
                                         value="#{register.user.firstName}"/>

BTW, i have the seam.properties in WEB-INF\classes and components.xml in WEB-INF of the war but still cannot solve this. Please advice.

[jovi.jovikuan.yahoo.com]

Sorry let me reformat the text a bit:

registration.xhtml @32,78 value="#{register.user.firstName}": Target Unreachable, 'user' returned null on 'com.extsf.action.Registration_$$_javassist_seam_2'
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /registration.xhtml

Registration.java

import javax.ejb.Remove;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Begin;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Destroy;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.End;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Observer;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
import org.jboss.seam.faces.FacesMessages;
import org.jboss.seam.security.Identity;
import org.jboss.seam.security.RunAsOperation;
import org.jboss.seam.security.management.IdentityManager;
import org.jboss.seam.security.management.JpaIdentityStore;

import com.extsf.model.user.User;
import com.extsf.model.user.UserAccount;

@Name("register")
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class Registration {
        
        private User user;
        private UserAccount newAccount;
        private String username;
        private String password;
        private String passwordConfirmation;
        private boolean passwordVerified;
        
        @In
        EntityManager entityManager;

        @In
        Identity identity;
        
        @In
        IdentityManager identityManager;
        
        @Begin
        public void createUser()
        {
                user = new User();
        }

        public void verifyPassword()
        {
                passwordVerified = (passwordConfirmation != null && passwordConfirmation.equals(password));
                if (!passwordVerified)
                {
                        FacesMessages.instance().addToControl("confirmPassword", "Passwords don not match");
                }
        }
        
        @Observer(JpaIdentityStore.EVENT_USER_CREATED)
        public void userAccountCreated(UserAccount account)
        {
                account.setUser(user);
                this.newAccount = account;
        }
        
        @End
        public void createUserAccount()
        {
                entityManager.persist(user);
                new RunAsOperation()
                {
                        public void execute()
                        {
                                identityManager.createUser(username, password);
                                identityManager.grantRole(username, "user");
                        }
                }.addRole("admin").run();
                
                newAccount.setUser(user);
                newAccount = entityManager.merge(newAccount);
                
                // Automatically, sign the user in
                identity.getCredentials().setUsername(username);
                identity.getCredentials().setPassword(password);
                identity.logout();
        }
        
        public User getUser()
        {
                return user;
        }
        
        public String getUsername()
        {
                return username;
        }
        
        public void setUsername(String username)
        {
                this.username = username;
        }
           
        public String getPassword()
        {
                return password;
        }
           
        public void setPassword(String password)
        {
                this.password = password;
        }
           
        public String getPasswordConfirmation()
        {
                return passwordConfirmation;
        }
           
        public void setPasswordConfirmation(String passwordConfirmation)
        {
                this.passwordConfirmation = passwordConfirmation;
        }
           
        public boolean isPasswordVerified()
        {
                return passwordVerified;
        }
           
        @Destroy 
        @Remove
        public void destroy() {}
}

registration.xhtml

                            <h:inputText id="firstname" required="true"
                                         value="#{register.user.firstName}"/>


BTW, i have the seam.properties in WEB-INF\classes and components.xml in WEB-INF of the war but still cannot solve this. Please advice.

Thank you,
jovi