We let Eclipse's compiler compile the classes that we package into the deployment - that way hotswap has a chance to work. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031408#4031408 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4031408