This is possible but not with the javax.faces API. You would have to fall back to the servlet API. Note the differences: http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/faces/context/ExternalContext... http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.html#g... I think something like this should work: | ServletRequest request = (ServletRequest)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequest(); | | // the map contains keys as String and values as String [] | Map params = request.getParameterMap(); | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4123592#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...