You can have any number of entities, but entities are not allowed in attribute values. If it were me, I wouldn't try to solve this problem using entities. I don't like the use of entities in general, and I particularly dislike using them in this manner. I would simply do textual transformation when you construct your ear, the same way we do the build files. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3994070#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...