Re: the tests, there are tests in the Hibernate 3.3 core cache-jboss-cache2 module that avoid using the AS. See the org.hibernate.test.cache.jbc2.functional package. The difficulty is those bring in dependencies on the Hibernate test module, plus I'm sure have JBC 2 ties. So it will require some effort to break those ties and let them run standalone. There are lots of other tests in Hibernate 3.3 core cache-jboss-cache2 as well; none require the AS. But those are much more tied to the Hibernate 3.3 and JBC 2 APIs. On the name, how about "hibernate-jbc-cache-provider"? CacheProvider is the legacy API that's replaced in 3.3. Including it in the name is at least a small indication this is a legacy integration. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4165435#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...