The way you use it, it is a node, not an action, so using a ref does not work here. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4245039#4245039 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4245039