this might be changed in 4.0, not sure though. 3.x will not be adapted for this. and btw, you can add any element to the pd because of the <xs:sequence> | <xs:any processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> | </xs:sequence> | If if you retrieve the pd from the database (search the forum for that) you can access those elements and use the values anyway you want View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4172021#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...