I created an issue to work on better spring EL integration if you want to track it: JBSEAM-1074 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4029358#4029358 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4029358