Ok, so what you basically want are 'guarded' transitions. That IS on the roadmap for at least 4.0, maybe 3.3. Look in the Jira View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3991593#3991593 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3991593