Tested it with other Java basetypes, doesn't matter. However, I rebuilt to a DecisionHandler class making the choice, the node-code: | <decision name="decrypt?"> | <handler class="process.ProcessDecision" /> | <transition name="decrypt" to="ForwardResult1" /> | <transition name="nodecrypt" to="ForwardResult2" /> | </decision> And that works fine. However, it's practical in most of the situations I need these nodes to make DecisionHandler subclasses. So, any idea what could cause the original code to always take the first option? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4082925#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...