I think needs a scope, this works for me: | <factory name="themePath" scope="APPLICATION" | value="#{facesContext.externalContext.request.contextPath}/themes/#{wikiPreferences.themeName}"/> | Otherwise it defaults to ScopeType.UNSPECIFIED, which I think only works for factory methods declared in a component (the scope of the component is used). I'm surprised that some examples in the documentation show without scope, so my explanation is probably not 100% correct. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4042119#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...