Just to be clear Kev... you want the XPath "rules" to be in an external rules file Vs being inline in the ESB config? View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4256378#4256378 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4256378