diff --git a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightOperation.java b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightOperation.java
index 3bcf2ec8f..c65aa933b 100644
--- a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightOperation.java
+++ b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightOperation.java
@@ -63,26 +63,41 @@ public void runSync(ExtensionContext context, Element element) throws FaultExcep
         switch (HttpMethod.valueOf(httpMethod)) {
 
             case PUT: {
-                String requestPayload = Bpel4RestLightUtil.extractRequestPayload(context, element);
-                
-                responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Put(requestUri, requestPayload, acceptHeader, contentType);
-                
-                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                	logger.debug("Request message payload: " + requestPayload);
-                }
-                
+        		if (Bpel4RestLightUtil.specifiesRequest(context, element)) {
+        			String requestPayload = Bpel4RestLightUtil.extractRequestPayload(context, element);
+            		
+            		responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Put(requestUri, requestPayload, acceptHeader, contentType);
+            		
+            		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            			logger.debug("Request message payload: " + requestPayload);
+            		}
+        		} else {
+        			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            			logger.debug("Request message payload is empty");
+            		}
+        			
+        			responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Put(requestUri, acceptHeader);
+        		}
+        		
                 break;
             }
 
             case POST: {
-                String requestPayload = Bpel4RestLightUtil.extractRequestPayload(context, element);
-                
-                responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Post(requestUri, requestPayload, acceptHeader, contentType);
-                
-                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                	logger.debug("Request message payload: \n" + requestPayload);
-                }
-                
+            	if (Bpel4RestLightUtil.specifiesRequest(context, element)) {      		
+            		String requestPayload = Bpel4RestLightUtil.extractRequestPayload(context, element);
+            		
+            		responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Post(requestUri, requestPayload, acceptHeader, contentType);
+            		
+            		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            			logger.debug("Request message payload: \n" + requestPayload);
+            		}
+            	} else {
+            		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            			logger.debug("Request message payload is empty");
+            		}
+            		
+            		responseMessage = HighLevelRestApi.Post(requestUri, acceptHeader);
+            	}                
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -113,8 +128,13 @@ private void processResponseMessage(HttpResponseMessage responseMessage,
                 element, MethodAttribute.RESPONSE_PAYLOAD_VARIABLE);
         String statusCodeVariableName = Bpel4RestLightUtil.getMethodAttributeValue(context, element,
                 MethodAttribute.STATUS_CODE_VARIABLE);
+                       
+        String responsePayload = responseMessage.getResponseBody();
+        
+        if (responsePayload != null && !responsePayload.isEmpty()) {
+        	responsePayload = responsePayload.trim();
+        }
         
-        String responsePayload = responseMessage.getResponseBody().trim();
         int statusCode = responseMessage.getStatusCode();
         
         if (responsePayloadVariableName != null && !responsePayloadVariableName.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightUtil.java b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightUtil.java
index 24341092b..3ec612627 100644
--- a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightUtil.java
+++ b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/Bpel4RestLightUtil.java
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@ public class Bpel4RestLightUtil {
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Bpel4RestLightUtil.class);
 	
     private static final String VARIABLE_VALUE_REFERENCE = "$bpelvar[";
+    
+    /**
+     * This method checks whether a request payload is specified or not.
+     * 
+     * @param context The extension context required to resolve variable values.
+     * @param element element The extension activity DOM element containing the request payload
+     * @return True, if the provided extension activity specifies a request. False, otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean specifiesRequest(ExtensionContext context, Element element) {
+    	boolean specifiesRequest = false;
+    	
+        // Check if a reference to a variable is specified
+        if (element.hasAttribute("request") || element.hasAttribute("requestPayload")) {
+        	specifiesRequest = true;
+        } else {
+        	// If no variable was specified, check if a static request payload is specified
+        	Node request = DOMUtils.findChildByType(element, Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
+
+            if (request != null) {
+            	specifiesRequest = true;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return specifiesRequest;
+    }
 
     /**
      * This method extracts the request message payload from the provided extension activity. This
diff --git a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/http/HighLevelRestApi.java b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/http/HighLevelRestApi.java
index 3cff3e1be..e5ecfc759 100644
--- a/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/http/HighLevelRestApi.java
+++ b/bpel-rest-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/extension/bpel4restlight/http/HighLevelRestApi.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class HighLevelRestApi {
      * @param uri The URI of the target resource
      * @param requestPayload The payload of the request message
      * @param acceptHeaderValue The value of the accept header field to be set
+     * @param contentType The contentType of the request payload
      * @return A HttpResponseMessage providing the response message payload and status code.
      * 
      * @exception FaultException
@@ -67,6 +68,28 @@ public static HttpResponseMessage Put(String uri, String requestPayload,
 
         return responseMessage;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * This method implements the HTTP PUT Method
+     * 
+     * @param uri The URI of the target resource
+     * @param acceptHeaderValue The value of the accept header field to be set
+     * @return A HttpResponseMessage providing the response message payload and status code.
+     * 
+     * @exception FaultException
+     */
+    public static HttpResponseMessage Put(String uri, 
+            String acceptHeaderValue) throws FaultException {
+    	PutMethod method = new PutMethod(uri);
+
+        HighLevelRestApi.setAcceptHeader(method, acceptHeaderValue);
+
+        HttpResponseMessage responseMessage = LowLevelRestApi.executeHttpMethod(method);
+        // Remove <?xml... in front of response
+        HighLevelRestApi.cleanResponseBody(responseMessage);
+
+        return responseMessage;
+    }
 
     /**
      * This method implements the HTTP POST Method
@@ -74,6 +97,7 @@ public static HttpResponseMessage Put(String uri, String requestPayload,
      * @param uri The URI of the target resource
      * @param requestPayload The payload of the request message
      * @param acceptHeaderValue The value of the accept header field to be set
+     * @param contentType The contentType of the request payload
      * @return A HttpResponseMessage providing the response message payload and status code.
      * 
      * @exception FaultException
@@ -108,6 +132,34 @@ public static HttpResponseMessage Post(String uri, String requestPayload,
 
         return responseMessage;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * This method implements the HTTP POST Method
+     * 
+     * @param uri The URI of the target resource
+     * @param acceptHeaderValue The value of the accept header field to be set
+     * @return A HttpResponseMessage providing the response message payload and status code.
+     * 
+     * @exception FaultException
+     */
+    public static HttpResponseMessage Post(String uri,
+            String acceptHeaderValue) throws FaultException {
+    	  PostMethod method = null;
+          if (uri.contains("?")) {
+              String[] split = uri.split("\\?");
+              method = new PostMethod(split[0]);
+              method.setQueryString(HighLevelRestApi.createNameValuePairArrayFromQuery(split[1]));
+          } else {
+              method = new PostMethod(uri);
+          }
+
+          HighLevelRestApi.setAcceptHeader(method, acceptHeaderValue);
+          HttpResponseMessage responseMessage = LowLevelRestApi.executeHttpMethod(method);
+          // Remove <?xml... in front of response
+          HighLevelRestApi.cleanResponseBody(responseMessage);
+
+          return responseMessage;
+    }
 
     /**
      * This method implements the HTTP GET Method
diff --git a/bpel-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/runtime/ExtensionContextImpl.java b/bpel-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/runtime/ExtensionContextImpl.java
index 2b1595254..70c8c8f40 100644
--- a/bpel-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/runtime/ExtensionContextImpl.java
+++ b/bpel-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/ode/bpel/runtime/ExtensionContextImpl.java
@@ -118,8 +118,15 @@ public void writeVariable(Variable variable, Node value) throws FaultException {
         _context.writeVariable(vi, value);
     }
 
-    private Variable getVisibleVariable(String varName) {
-        return _scopeFrame.oscope.getVisibleVariable(varName);
+    private Variable getVisibleVariable(String varName) throws FaultException {
+    	Variable var = _scopeFrame.oscope.getVisibleVariable(varName);
+    	
+    	if (var == null) {
+    		throw new FaultException(new QName(Bpel20QNames.NS_WSBPEL2_0, "subLanguageExecutionFault"),
+    				"Attempt to reference undeclared variable '" + varName + "' in BPEL extension activity.");
+    	}
+    			
+        return var;
     }
 
     public BpelRuntimeContext getBpelRuntimeContext() {
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/java/org/apache/ode/test/RestExtensionActivitiesTest.java b/bpel-test/src/test/java/org/apache/ode/test/RestExtensionActivitiesTest.java
index b1562de61..015f4ff0a 100644
--- a/bpel-test/src/test/java/org/apache/ode/test/RestExtensionActivitiesTest.java
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/java/org/apache/ode/test/RestExtensionActivitiesTest.java
@@ -96,6 +96,46 @@ public void testPostExtAct() throws Throwable {
     public void testPostExtActWithWrappedRequest() throws Throwable {
         go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtAct2");
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the "POST" REST extension activity without a request message specified.
+     * 
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPostExtActWithoutRequest() throws Throwable {
+        go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest");
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the "POST" REST extension activity with undeclared request variable specified.
+     * 
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPostExtActWithUndeclaredRequestVariable() throws Throwable {
+        go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable");
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the "POST" REST extension activity with non-initialized request variable specified.
+     * 
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPostExtActWithNonInitializedRequestVariable() throws Throwable {
+        go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable");
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the "POST" REST extension activity with an empty request variable specified (variableName="").
+     * 
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPostExtActWithEmptyRequestVariable() throws Throwable {
+        go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable");
+    }
 
     /**
      * Tests the "PUT" REST extension activity.
@@ -106,6 +146,16 @@ public void testPostExtActWithWrappedRequest() throws Throwable {
     public void testPutExtAct() throws Throwable {
         go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtAct");
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests the "PUT" REST extension activity without a request message specified..
+     * 
+     * @throws Throwable
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testPutExtActWithoutRequest() throws Throwable {
+        go("/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest");
+    }
 
     /**
      * Tests the "DELETE" REST extension activity.
@@ -172,24 +222,42 @@ private void handleHttpRequest(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException {
         } else if (method.toUpperCase().equals("POST")) {
             String request = IOUtils.toString(exchange.getRequestBody());
 
-            String requestValue = "";
-            try {
-                Node reqNode = DOMUtils.stringToDOM(request);
-
-                NodeList list = reqNode.getChildNodes();
-                int i = 0;
-                while (i < list.getLength()) {
-                    Node node = list.item(i);
-                    if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
-                            && ((Element) node).getLocalName().equals("value")) {
-                        requestValue = node.getTextContent();
+            if (request != null && !request.isEmpty()) {
+            	String requestValue = "";
+                try {
+                    Node reqNode = DOMUtils.stringToDOM(request);
+
+                    NodeList list = reqNode.getChildNodes();
+                    int i = 0;
+                    while (i < list.getLength()) {
+                        Node node = list.item(i);
+                        if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
+                                && ((Element) node).getLocalName().equals("value")) {
+                            requestValue = node.getTextContent();
+                        }
+                        i++;
                     }
-                    i++;
-                }
 
-                String response =
+                    String response =
+                            "<service:postResponse xmlns:service=\"http://www.example.org/restApi\">\n"
+                                    + "                        <service:result>" + requestValue
+                                    + " Result</service:result>\n"
+                                    + "                    </service:postResponse>";
+
+                    byte[] bResponse = response.getBytes();
+
+                    exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK, bResponse.length);
+                    exchange.getResponseBody().write(bResponse);
+                } catch (SAXException e) {
+                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+
+                    exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR, 0);
+                }
+            } else {
+            	String response =
                         "<service:postResponse xmlns:service=\"http://www.example.org/restApi\">\n"
-                                + "                        <service:result>" + requestValue
+                                + "                        <service:result>" + "No request specified"
                                 + " Result</service:result>\n"
                                 + "                    </service:postResponse>";
 
@@ -197,17 +265,13 @@ private void handleHttpRequest(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException {
 
                 exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK, bResponse.length);
                 exchange.getResponseBody().write(bResponse);
-            } catch (SAXException e) {
-                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
-                e.printStackTrace();
-
-                exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR, 0);
             }
 
             exchange.close();
         } else if (method.toUpperCase().equals("PUT")) {
             String request = IOUtils.toString(exchange.getRequestBody());
 
+            if (request != null && !request.isEmpty()) {
             String requestValue = "";
             try {
                 Node reqNode = DOMUtils.stringToDOM(request);
@@ -239,6 +303,18 @@ private void handleHttpRequest(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException {
 
                 exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR, 0);
             }
+            } else {
+            	String response =
+                        "<service:putResponse xmlns:service=\"http://www.example.org/restApi\">\n"
+                                + "                        <service:result>" + "No request specified"
+                                + " Result</service:result>\n"
+                                + "                    </service:putResponse>";
+
+                byte[] bResponse = response.getBytes();
+
+                exchange.sendResponseHeaders(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK, bResponse.length);
+                exchange.getResponseBody().write(bResponse);
+            }
 
             exchange.close();
         } else if (method.toUpperCase().equals("DELETE")) {
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f2265494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<process name="TestRestPostExtAct"
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:test="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:service="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+    xmlns:bpel4RestLight="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"
+    queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"
+    expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0">
+
+   <import location="TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl"
+     namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+     importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
+     
+   <import location="restApi.xsd"
+     namespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+     importType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
+     
+   <extensions>
+     <extension mustUnderstand="yes" namespace="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"/>
+   </extensions>
+
+   <partnerLinks>
+      <partnerLink name="helloPartnerLink"
+         partnerLinkType="test:HelloPartnerLinkType"
+         myRole="me" />
+   </partnerLinks>
+
+   <variables>
+     <variable name="myVar" messageType="test:HelloMessage"/>
+     <variable name="restUrl" type="xsd:string"/>
+     <variable name="restResponse" element="service:postResponse"/>
+     <variable name="response" messageType="test:ResponseMessage"></variable>
+    </variables>
+
+   <sequence>
+       <receive
+          name="start"
+          partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+          portType="test:HelloPortType"
+          operation="hello"
+          variable="myVar"
+          createInstance="yes"/>
+
+      <assign name="assign1">
+         <copy>
+             <from><literal>http://localhost:8085/test</literal></from>
+             <to variable="restUrl"/>
+         </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <extensionActivity>
+         <bpel4RestLight:POST accept="application/xml" request="" response="restResponse" uri="$bpelvar[restUrl]">
+         </bpel4RestLight:POST>   
+	  </extensionActivity>
+	  
+	  <assign name="assign2">
+	      <copy>
+	          <from variable="restResponse"></from>
+	          <to part="TestPart" variable="response"></to>
+	      </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <reply name="end"
+             partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+             portType="test:HelloPortType"
+             operation="hello"
+             variable="response"/>
+   </sequence>
+</process>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2270a8bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<wsdl:definitions
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype">
+        
+    <wsdl:message name="HelloMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:string"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    
+    <wsdl:message name="ResponseMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:anyType"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+
+    <wsdl:portType name="HelloPortType">
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:HelloMessage" name="TestIn"/>
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:ResponseMessage" name="TestOut"/>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+
+     <wsdl:binding name="HelloSoapBinding" type="tns:HelloPortType">
+        <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc"/>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="HelloService">
+        <wsdl:port name="HelloPort" binding="tns:HelloSoapBinding">
+            <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/helloWorld"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+
+   <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloPartnerLinkType">
+       <plnk:role name="me" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+       <plnk:role name="you" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+   </plnk:partnerLinkType>
+</wsdl:definitions>
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/deploy.xml b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08ace8ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<deploy xmlns="http://www.apache.org/ode/schemas/dd/2007/03"
+    xmlns:pns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:wns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl">
+
+
+    <process name="pns:TestRestPostExtAct">
+        <active>true</active>
+        <provide partnerLink="helloPartnerLink">
+            <service name="wns:HelloService" port="HelloPort"/>
+        </provide>
+    </process>
+</deploy>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/restApi.xsd b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b521dc70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+	xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/restApi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="postRequestType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+	
+	<xsd:complexType name="postResponseType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="result" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="postRequest" type="tns:postRequestType"></xsd:element>
+	<xsd:element name="postResponse" type="tns:postResponseType"></xsd:element>
+</schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/test.properties b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c51b969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActEmptyRequestVariable/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+namespace=http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl
+service=HelloService
+operation=hello
+request1=<message><TestPart>Hello</TestPart></message>
+expectedInvokeException=FaultException.class
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4945fbcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<process name="TestRestPostExtAct"
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:test="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:service="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+    xmlns:bpel4RestLight="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"
+    queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"
+    expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0">
+
+   <import location="TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl"
+     namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+     importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
+     
+   <import location="restApi.xsd"
+     namespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+     importType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
+     
+   <extensions>
+     <extension mustUnderstand="yes" namespace="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"/>
+   </extensions>
+
+   <partnerLinks>
+      <partnerLink name="helloPartnerLink"
+         partnerLinkType="test:HelloPartnerLinkType"
+         myRole="me" />
+   </partnerLinks>
+
+   <variables>
+     <variable name="myVar" messageType="test:HelloMessage"/>
+     <variable name="restUrl" type="xsd:string"/>
+     <variable name="restResponse" element="service:postResponse"/>
+     <variable name="response" messageType="test:ResponseMessage"></variable>
+    </variables>
+
+   <sequence>
+       <receive
+          name="start"
+          partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+          portType="test:HelloPortType"
+          operation="hello"
+          variable="myVar"
+          createInstance="yes"/>
+
+      <assign name="assign1">
+         <copy>
+             <from><literal>http://localhost:8085/test</literal></from>
+             <to variable="restUrl"/>
+         </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <extensionActivity>
+         <bpel4RestLight:POST accept="application/xml" response="restResponse" uri="$bpelvar[restUrl]">
+         </bpel4RestLight:POST>   
+	  </extensionActivity>
+	  
+	  <assign name="assign2">
+	      <copy>
+	          <from variable="restResponse"></from>
+	          <to part="TestPart" variable="response"></to>
+	      </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <reply name="end"
+             partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+             portType="test:HelloPortType"
+             operation="hello"
+             variable="response"/>
+   </sequence>
+</process>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2270a8bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<wsdl:definitions
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype">
+        
+    <wsdl:message name="HelloMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:string"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    
+    <wsdl:message name="ResponseMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:anyType"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+
+    <wsdl:portType name="HelloPortType">
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:HelloMessage" name="TestIn"/>
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:ResponseMessage" name="TestOut"/>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+
+     <wsdl:binding name="HelloSoapBinding" type="tns:HelloPortType">
+        <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc"/>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="HelloService">
+        <wsdl:port name="HelloPort" binding="tns:HelloSoapBinding">
+            <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/helloWorld"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+
+   <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloPartnerLinkType">
+       <plnk:role name="me" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+       <plnk:role name="you" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+   </plnk:partnerLinkType>
+</wsdl:definitions>
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08ace8ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<deploy xmlns="http://www.apache.org/ode/schemas/dd/2007/03"
+    xmlns:pns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:wns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl">
+
+
+    <process name="pns:TestRestPostExtAct">
+        <active>true</active>
+        <provide partnerLink="helloPartnerLink">
+            <service name="wns:HelloService" port="HelloPort"/>
+        </provide>
+    </process>
+</deploy>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b521dc70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+	xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/restApi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="postRequestType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+	
+	<xsd:complexType name="postResponseType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="result" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="postRequest" type="tns:postRequestType"></xsd:element>
+	<xsd:element name="postResponse" type="tns:postResponseType"></xsd:element>
+</schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/test.properties b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c037448d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNoRequest/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+namespace=http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl
+service=HelloService
+operation=hello
+request1=<message><TestPart>Hello</TestPart></message>
+response1=.*No request specified.*
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a02b7330f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<process name="TestRestPostExtAct"
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:test="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:service="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+    xmlns:bpel4RestLight="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"
+    queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"
+    expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0">
+
+   <import location="TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl"
+     namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+     importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
+     
+   <import location="restApi.xsd"
+     namespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+     importType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
+     
+   <extensions>
+     <extension mustUnderstand="yes" namespace="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"/>
+   </extensions>
+
+   <partnerLinks>
+      <partnerLink name="helloPartnerLink"
+         partnerLinkType="test:HelloPartnerLinkType"
+         myRole="me" />
+   </partnerLinks>
+
+   <variables>
+     <variable name="myVar" messageType="test:HelloMessage"/>
+     <variable name="restUrl" type="xsd:string"/>
+     <variable name="restRequest" element="service:postRequest"/>
+     <variable name="restResponse" element="service:postResponse"/>
+     <variable name="response" messageType="test:ResponseMessage"></variable>
+    </variables>
+
+   <sequence>
+       <receive
+          name="start"
+          partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+          portType="test:HelloPortType"
+          operation="hello"
+          variable="myVar"
+          createInstance="yes"/>
+
+      <assign name="assign1">
+         <copy>
+             <from><literal>http://localhost:8085/test</literal></from>
+             <to variable="restUrl"/>
+         </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <extensionActivity>
+         <bpel4RestLight:POST accept="application/xml" request="restRequest" response="restResponse" uri="$bpelvar[restUrl]">
+         </bpel4RestLight:POST>   
+	  </extensionActivity>
+	  
+	  <assign name="assign2">
+	      <copy>
+	          <from variable="restResponse"></from>
+	          <to part="TestPart" variable="response"></to>
+	      </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <reply name="end"
+             partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+             portType="test:HelloPortType"
+             operation="hello"
+             variable="response"/>
+   </sequence>
+</process>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2270a8bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<wsdl:definitions
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype">
+        
+    <wsdl:message name="HelloMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:string"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    
+    <wsdl:message name="ResponseMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:anyType"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+
+    <wsdl:portType name="HelloPortType">
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:HelloMessage" name="TestIn"/>
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:ResponseMessage" name="TestOut"/>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+
+     <wsdl:binding name="HelloSoapBinding" type="tns:HelloPortType">
+        <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc"/>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="HelloService">
+        <wsdl:port name="HelloPort" binding="tns:HelloSoapBinding">
+            <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/helloWorld"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+
+   <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloPartnerLinkType">
+       <plnk:role name="me" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+       <plnk:role name="you" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+   </plnk:partnerLinkType>
+</wsdl:definitions>
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/deploy.xml b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08ace8ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<deploy xmlns="http://www.apache.org/ode/schemas/dd/2007/03"
+    xmlns:pns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:wns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl">
+
+
+    <process name="pns:TestRestPostExtAct">
+        <active>true</active>
+        <provide partnerLink="helloPartnerLink">
+            <service name="wns:HelloService" port="HelloPort"/>
+        </provide>
+    </process>
+</deploy>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/restApi.xsd b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b521dc70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+	xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/restApi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="postRequestType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+	
+	<xsd:complexType name="postResponseType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="result" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="postRequest" type="tns:postRequestType"></xsd:element>
+	<xsd:element name="postResponse" type="tns:postResponseType"></xsd:element>
+</schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/test.properties b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f42ce8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActNonInitializedRequestVariable/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+namespace=http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl
+service=HelloService
+operation=hello
+request1=<message><TestPart>Hello</TestPart></message>
+expectedInvokeException=FaultException.class
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10a10cc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.bpel
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<process name="TestRestPostExtAct"
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:test="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:service="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+    xmlns:bpel4RestLight="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"
+    queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"
+    expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0">
+
+   <import location="TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl"
+     namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+     importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
+     
+   <import location="restApi.xsd"
+     namespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+     importType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
+     
+   <extensions>
+     <extension mustUnderstand="yes" namespace="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"/>
+   </extensions>
+
+   <partnerLinks>
+      <partnerLink name="helloPartnerLink"
+         partnerLinkType="test:HelloPartnerLinkType"
+         myRole="me" />
+   </partnerLinks>
+
+   <variables>
+     <variable name="myVar" messageType="test:HelloMessage"/>
+     <variable name="restUrl" type="xsd:string"/>
+     <variable name="restResponse" element="service:postResponse"/>
+     <variable name="response" messageType="test:ResponseMessage"></variable>
+    </variables>
+
+   <sequence>
+       <receive
+          name="start"
+          partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+          portType="test:HelloPortType"
+          operation="hello"
+          variable="myVar"
+          createInstance="yes"/>
+
+      <assign name="assign1">
+         <copy>
+             <from><literal>http://localhost:8085/test</literal></from>
+             <to variable="restUrl"/>
+         </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <extensionActivity>
+         <bpel4RestLight:POST accept="application/xml" request="restRequest" response="restResponse" uri="$bpelvar[restUrl]">
+         </bpel4RestLight:POST>   
+	  </extensionActivity>
+	  
+	  <assign name="assign2">
+	      <copy>
+	          <from variable="restResponse"></from>
+	          <to part="TestPart" variable="response"></to>
+	      </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <reply name="end"
+             partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+             portType="test:HelloPortType"
+             operation="hello"
+             variable="response"/>
+   </sequence>
+</process>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2270a8bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/TestRestPostExtAct.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<wsdl:definitions
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype">
+        
+    <wsdl:message name="HelloMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:string"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    
+    <wsdl:message name="ResponseMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:anyType"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+
+    <wsdl:portType name="HelloPortType">
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:HelloMessage" name="TestIn"/>
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:ResponseMessage" name="TestOut"/>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+
+     <wsdl:binding name="HelloSoapBinding" type="tns:HelloPortType">
+        <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc"/>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="HelloService">
+        <wsdl:port name="HelloPort" binding="tns:HelloSoapBinding">
+            <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/helloWorld"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+
+   <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloPartnerLinkType">
+       <plnk:role name="me" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+       <plnk:role name="you" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+   </plnk:partnerLinkType>
+</wsdl:definitions>
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/deploy.xml b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08ace8ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<deploy xmlns="http://www.apache.org/ode/schemas/dd/2007/03"
+    xmlns:pns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:wns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl">
+
+
+    <process name="pns:TestRestPostExtAct">
+        <active>true</active>
+        <provide partnerLink="helloPartnerLink">
+            <service name="wns:HelloService" port="HelloPort"/>
+        </provide>
+    </process>
+</deploy>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/restApi.xsd b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b521dc70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/restApi.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+	xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/restApi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="postRequestType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+	
+	<xsd:complexType name="postResponseType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="result" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="postRequest" type="tns:postRequestType"></xsd:element>
+	<xsd:element name="postResponse" type="tns:postResponseType"></xsd:element>
+</schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/test.properties b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f42ce8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPostExtActUndeclaredRequestVariable/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+namespace=http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl
+service=HelloService
+operation=hello
+request1=<message><TestPart>Hello</TestPart></message>
+expectedInvokeException=FaultException.class
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.bpel b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.bpel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4a79949c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.bpel
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<process name="TestRestPutExtAct"
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:test="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:service="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+    xmlns:bpel4RestLight="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"
+    queryLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0"
+    expressionLanguage="urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath2.0">
+
+   <import location="TestRestPutExtAct.wsdl"
+     namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+     importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" />
+     
+   <import location="restApi.xsd"
+     namespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+     importType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
+     
+   <extensions>
+     <extension mustUnderstand="yes" namespace="http://www.apache.org/ode/bpel/extensions/bpel4restlight"/>
+   </extensions>
+
+   <partnerLinks>
+      <partnerLink name="helloPartnerLink"
+         partnerLinkType="test:HelloPartnerLinkType"
+         myRole="me" />
+   </partnerLinks>
+
+   <variables>
+     <variable name="myVar" messageType="test:HelloMessage"/>
+     <variable name="restUrl" type="xsd:string"/>
+     <variable name="restResponse" element="service:putResponse"/>
+     <variable name="response" messageType="test:ResponseMessage"></variable>
+    </variables>
+
+   <sequence>
+       <receive
+          name="start"
+          partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+          portType="test:HelloPortType"
+          operation="hello"
+          variable="myVar"
+          createInstance="yes"/>
+
+      <assign name="assign1">
+         <copy>
+             <from><literal>http://localhost:8085/test</literal></from>
+             <to variable="restUrl"/>
+         </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <extensionActivity>
+         <bpel4RestLight:PUT accept="application/xml" response="restResponse" uri="$bpelvar[restUrl]"/>
+	  </extensionActivity>
+	  
+	  <assign name="assign2">
+	      <copy>
+	          <from variable="restResponse"></from>
+	          <to part="TestPart" variable="response"></to>
+	      </copy>
+      </assign>
+      
+      <reply name="end"
+             partnerLink="helloPartnerLink"
+             portType="test:HelloPortType"
+             operation="hello"
+             variable="response"/>
+   </sequence>
+</process>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.wsdl b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.wsdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2270a8bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/TestRestPutExtAct.wsdl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<wsdl:definitions
+    targetNamespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:tns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+    xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+    xmlns:bpws="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/process/executable"
+    xmlns:plnk="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsbpel/2.0/plnktype">
+        
+    <wsdl:message name="HelloMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:string"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+    
+    <wsdl:message name="ResponseMessage">
+        <wsdl:part name="TestPart" type="xsd:anyType"/>
+    </wsdl:message>
+
+    <wsdl:portType name="HelloPortType">
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:HelloMessage" name="TestIn"/>
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:ResponseMessage" name="TestOut"/>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:portType>
+
+     <wsdl:binding name="HelloSoapBinding" type="tns:HelloPortType">
+        <soap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
+        <wsdl:operation name="hello">
+            <soap:operation soapAction="" style="rpc"/>
+            <wsdl:input>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:input>
+            <wsdl:output>
+                <soap:body
+                    namespace="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl"
+                    use="literal"/>
+            </wsdl:output>
+        </wsdl:operation>
+    </wsdl:binding>
+    <wsdl:service name="HelloService">
+        <wsdl:port name="HelloPort" binding="tns:HelloSoapBinding">
+            <soap:address location="http://localhost:8080/ode/processes/helloWorld"/>
+        </wsdl:port>
+    </wsdl:service>
+
+   <plnk:partnerLinkType name="HelloPartnerLinkType">
+       <plnk:role name="me" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+       <plnk:role name="you" portType="tns:HelloPortType"/>
+   </plnk:partnerLinkType>
+</wsdl:definitions>
+
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..914b8dcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/deploy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<deploy xmlns="http://www.apache.org/ode/schemas/dd/2007/03"
+    xmlns:pns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test"
+    xmlns:wns="http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl">
+
+
+    <process name="pns:TestRestPutExtAct">
+        <active>true</active>
+        <provide partnerLink="helloPartnerLink">
+            <service name="wns:HelloService" port="HelloPort"/>
+        </provide>
+    </process>
+</deploy>
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..752ea2467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/restApi.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/restApi"
+	xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/restApi" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="putRequestType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+	
+	<xsd:complexType name="putResponseType">
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="result" type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="putRequest" type="tns:putRequestType"></xsd:element>
+	<xsd:element name="putResponse" type="tns:putResponseType"></xsd:element>
+</schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/test.properties b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c037448d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpel-test/src/test/resources/bpel/2.0/TestRestPutExtActNoRequest/test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+namespace=http://ode/bpel/unit-test.wsdl
+service=HelloService
+operation=hello
+request1=<message><TestPart>Hello</TestPart></message>
+response1=.*No request specified.*
+