messagemanager.setCellId(cellid) should of course be #{messagemanager.setCellId(cellid)} View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4072106#4072106 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4072106