I still don't understand your position on interceptors, what are the issues beside the flexibility it offers ? The benefit is that all operations of PortletInvoker can be interceptor whereas today only action/render can be.` But it's not very interception, it's more a pipeline. Real interception only happens on POJOs... So there is a bit of debate here. In tomcat/jetspeed 2 it is called Valve. If someone can propose a sexy name... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993610#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...