Yes. 1.4.x: The nodeModify event in the ExtendedTreeCacheListener gets an 'isLocal' boolean passed in so you know if the modification occured locally or remotely. 2.x: The @NodeModified annotation on a registered listener object will be called with a NodeModifiedEvent parameter, which has an isLocal() method to test the origin of the call. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4062949#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...