diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxEventInterceptorRenderer.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxEventInterceptorRenderer.java
index d28e88c6..7548ccc1 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxEventInterceptorRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxEventInterceptorRenderer.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class AjaxEventInterceptorRenderer extends DojoDecorationRenderer {
 		ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
 
 		String processIds = (String) component.getAttributes().get("processIds");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(processIds) && !processIds.contains(component.getClientId(context))) {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(processIds) && processIds.indexOf(component.getClientId(context)) == -1) {
 			processIds = component.getClientId(context) + ", " + processIds;
 		} else if (!StringUtils.hasText(processIds)) {
 			processIds = component.getClientId(context);
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxViewRoot.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxViewRoot.java
index 2cfdd69e..9be912df 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxViewRoot.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/AjaxViewRoot.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class AjaxViewRoot extends DelegatingViewRoot {
 			FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 			String processIdsParam = (String) context.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get(
 					PROCESS_IDS_PARAM);
-			if (StringUtils.hasText(processIdsParam) && processIdsParam.contains(PROCESS_ALL)) {
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(processIdsParam) && processIdsParam.indexOf(PROCESS_ALL) != -1) {
 				processIds = new String[] { getOriginalViewRoot().getClientId(context) };
 			} else {
 				processIds = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(processIdsParam, ",", " ");
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ProgressiveCommandButtonRenderer.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ProgressiveCommandButtonRenderer.java
index 7ea15b1d..097b5e81 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ProgressiveCommandButtonRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ProgressiveCommandButtonRenderer.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ProgressiveCommandButtonRenderer extends BaseDojoComponentRenderer
 			Boolean ajaxEnabled = (Boolean) component.getAttributes().get("ajaxEnabled");
 			String processIds = (String) component.getAttributes().get("processIds");
 			if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(ajaxEnabled)) {
-				if (StringUtils.hasText(processIds) && !processIds.contains(component.getClientId(context))) {
+				if (StringUtils.hasText(processIds) && processIds.indexOf(component.getClientId(context)) == -1) {
 					processIds = component.getClientId(context) + ", " + processIds;
 				} else if (!StringUtils.hasText(processIds)) {
 					processIds = component.getClientId(context);
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowDefinitionResourceFactory.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowDefinitionResourceFactory.java
index 6f54f097..6e421747 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowDefinitionResourceFactory.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowDefinitionResourceFactory.java
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ public class FlowDefinitionResourceFactory {
 			try {
 				resource = resourceLoader.getResource(basePath).createRelative(path);
 			} catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("The base path cannot be resolved from '" + basePath + "'", e);
+				throw new IllegalStateException("The base path cannot be resolved from '" + basePath + "': "
+						+ e.getMessage());
 			}
 		}
 		if (flowId == null || flowId.length() == 0) {