I'm working on the deployment maven plugin. I want the redeploy goal to either deploy if the deployment does not exist or redeploy if it does exist. I'm having trouble determining if the deployment already exists. This bit of CLI :read-children-names(child-type=deployment) shows me what deployments exist. I've tried to duplicate it via a ModelNode. ModelNode op = new ModelNode(); op.get("operation", READ_CHILDREN_NAMES_OPERATION).set(CHILD_TYPE, DEPLOYMENT); final InetAddress host = InetAddress.getByName(hostname); final ModelControllerClient client = ModelControllerClient.Factory.create(host, port); ModelNode result = client.execute(op); which results in { "outcome" => "failed", "failure-description" => "No handler for {\"read-children-names\" => (\"child-type\" => \"deployment\")} at address []" } I tried assigning an address, but I don't know I did it right. Any pointers would be appreciated. -- James R. Perkins JBoss by Red Hat