<ice:menuBar orientation="horizontal">
       		<ice:menuItems value="#{bean.model}"/>
        	</ice:menuBar>

 private List model; //list for the dynamic menus w/ getter & setter
 
 private void createMenuItems() {
 		model = new ArrayList();		
 		
 		//Help Menu
 		MenuItem helpMenu = createMenuItem("Help","help",null,null, null);
 		helpMenu.getChildren().add( createMenuItem("About My Application","about","#{bean.actionListenerMethod}","#{bean.actionMethod}", "./myIcon.gif"));
 		model.add(helpMenu);
 
 	}
 
 	private MenuItem createMenuItem(String label, String id,
 			String actionListener, String action, String icon) {
 		MenuItem menuItem = new MenuItem();
 		menuItem.setValue(label);		
 		if( id != null )
 			menuItem.setId(id);
 		if( actionListener != null ){
 			menuItem.setActionListener(createActionListenerMethodBinding(actionListener));			
 		}
 		if( action != null ){
 			menuItem.setAction( createActionMethodBinding(action) );
 		}
 		if( icon != null )
 			menuItem.setIcon(icon);
 		return menuItem;
 	}
 
 	private MethodBinding createActionListenerMethodBinding(String actionListenerString) {
 		Class args[] = { ActionEvent.class };
 		MethodBinding methodBinding = null;
 
 		methodBinding = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication()
 				.createMethodBinding(actionListenerString, args);
 		return methodBinding ;
 	}
 	
 	private MethodBinding createActionMethodBinding(String action) {
 		Class args[] = {  };
 		MethodBinding methodBinding = null;
 
 		methodBinding = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication()
 				.createMethodBinding(action, args);
 		return methodBinding;
 	}