"mvpc" wrote : java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.naming.Reference cannot be cast to br.com.original.negocio.email.interfaces.IEmailLocal This is a common symptom that you don't have the proxy object factories on your client CP. Typically this is fixed by ensuring you've got $JBOSS_HOME/client/jbossall-client.jar defined. But I see some other issues. * Your Unit Test is set up in a different JVM from the container? If so you'll need to lookup a business remote reference (ie. @Remote). * Don't push local component or local business proxies through PortableRemoteObject.narrow...this is for the EJB 2.x remote home view only. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4221054#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...