"kabir.khan(a)jboss.com" wrote : "adrian(a)jboss.org" wrote : What I don't understand is why the objects in the test have a proxy anyway? | | | | This is a mystery to me as well... | I'd concentrate on fixing this problem, since it is the real reason why the test is failing (when it shouldn't). For the MetaData serialization, just add a default implementation of something like: if (metadata instanceof Serializable) // serialize else // no metadata on the client View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4126676#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...