Sorry, i did not respond earlier. I did however try out the changes related to JBossHomeClassLoader and it (partially) gets me past the issues we discussed here. The reason i did not respond earlier is - I still haven't figured completely figured out whether, what i am expecting out of the Embedded Server classloading is actually a valid requirement. I'll update this thread with more details, once i get a better understanding of some common use-cases and the related classloader issues. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4269049#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...