ops i missed the code for the listing it is Context ctx = new InitialContext(); ctx.addToEnvironment("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory"); ctx.addToEnvironment("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces"); ctx.addToEnvironment(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"jnp://localhost:1099"); NamingEnumeration it = ctx.list(""); Object obj; while (it.hasMoreElements()) { obj = it.nextElement(); System.out.println(obj); } View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957117#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...