We currently stores object path like this: portal.page.window or dashboad:username.page.window with no encoding, the issue is that it fails if 'portal', 'page', 'window' or 'username' contains a '.' I have the encoding/decoding ready by 'escaping' the dot with typical '\' (still need the corresponding test cases). It will be backward compatible for anyone who was not using a dot in their page, portal, window or username (the only situation that was actually working) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4074541#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...