1: not realy... look at the jboss portal, lots of jsf in there 2: I would spent time to make the identity component a real service. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4017570#4017570 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4017570