The new EL integration is scheduled for the 1.3.0 release. I know it's a pain to include the extra "null" parameter for permission checks, however I'd rather not add a new method for the 1.2.1 release just to have to remove it again in 1.3.0 and break backwards compatibility. I agree the documentation is a little sparse in this area, although it does indeed explain it. As soon as varargs are supported the docs will be updated with a new section explaining permission checks in more detail. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4027778#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...