They are different dogs. One named "dog" in the event scope, one named "currentDog" in the session scope. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3968236#3968236 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3968236