Thanks Gavin. That then leads me to ask the question - what happens if there are two variables with the same name but in different contexts? For example, a testString1 in the sessionContext and a testString1 in the conversationContext. How is this resolved and how should I invoke it in EL? Or is this even possible (i.e. the two names of these variables in the different contexts must be defined with different names?) Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3973115#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...