public BeanManager getBeanManager() {
    try {
        return (BeanManager) new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/BeanManager");
    } catch (NamingException e) {
        return null;
    }
}

public Object getBeanByName(String name) {
    BeanManager bm = getBeanManager();
    Bean bean = bm.getBeans(name).iterator().next();
    CreationalContext ctx = bm.createCreationalContext(bean);
    Object o = bm.getReference(bean, bean.getClass(), ctx);
    return o;
}

public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, String value) {
    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
        return null;
    }
    return ((OwnerFacade) getBeanByName("ownerFacade")).find(getKey(value));
}