I figured it out with the help of a missed paragraph in the XACML Programmer's Guide. All is well... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4186487#4186487 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4186487