The current problem with the cts test serialization has to due with the behavior of the VirtualFileAdaptor. A VirtualFileAdaptor is created with a VirtualFile whose underlying handler is a ZipEntryHandler is created that has a path interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar, and a uri of vfszip:/Users/svn/JBossHead/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.CR1/server/cts/tmp/jsr88/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle.ear/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar: ZipEntryHandler(a)2656127[path=interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar context=vfszip:/Users/svn/JBossHead/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.CR1/server/cts/tmp/jsr88/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle.ear/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar real=vfszip:/Users/svn/JBossHead/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.CR1/server/cts/tmp/jsr88/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle.ear/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar] When the VirtualFileAdaptor that wraps the associated VirtualFile, ends up writing out the path and rootURL as interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar and vfszip:/Users/svn/JBossHead/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.CR1/server/cts/tmp/jsr88/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle.ear/interop_W2JREMarshallTest_appclient_vehicle_client.jar. | private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException, URISyntaxException | { | URL url = rootUrl; | if (url == null) | { | VFS vfs = getFile().getVFS(); | url = vfs.getRoot().toURL(); | } | String pathName = path; | if (pathName == null) | pathName = getFile().getPathName(); | | ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = out.putFields(); | fields.put("rootUrl", url); | fields.put("path", pathName); | out.writeFields(); | } | This will not work when deserialized with the VirtualFileAdaptor.getFile() implementation. The only way this could work is if the following code used to return the root URL of the ear previously: | VFS vfs = getFile().getVFS(); | url = vfs.getRoot().toURL(); | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4159656#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...