IIRC the parameters are set inside the continuation context. If you inherit from AbstractContinuable you should be able to just use getParameters().
That's the problem! The AbstractContinuable contains no method getParameters():
http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/apidocs/org/apache/cocoon/components/flow/java/AbstractContinuable.html
It exists in trunk. -- Torsten
