JBoss EL has some extension for passing parameters to methods (at least afaik) maybe those are in the way View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4168603#4168603 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4168603