Just for others who search for a similar problem..it is not really good a idea to remove xmlns namespace to make this work.. Thanks swatis for following up and giving your valuable suggestions - but i think by removing a strict namespace like this i might end up breaking some of the existing code .. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4230852#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...