"bstansberry(a)jboss.com" wrote : | I wonder though if the overhead of managing all this exceeds that created by just always setting the option internal before resolving the reference. | I could definitely do this for resolution of internal references, you would still have to do a get on the root of your subtree with force gravitation first (as you are doing now). -Jason View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4056982#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...