How can I access a backing bean associated with a portlet from a backing bean in a different portlet?

[Marcio E Miranda]

Hi,   I’m trying to access a backing bean (session scope), which is associated with a component inside a portlet from a different backing bean which is associated with a different portlet. The ExternalContext gives me access to the objects belonging to a specific portlet instance session, but hides objects belonging to the state of other portlets. I need access to backing beans belonging to different portlets to enable a rudimentar inter-portlet communication. How can I do that in My Faces?   - marcio