We use some kind of cache of HomeHandle objects in a remote JVM that obtains the Home object using the following code: Hashtable environment = new Hashtable(); environment.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory"); environment.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces"); environment.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "jnp://localhost:1099"); InitialContext context; try { context = new InitialContext(environment); Object obj = context.lookup("ejb/EJBTest"); //ejb-name EJBHome home = (EJBHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(obj,EJBTestHome.class); // (1) ... } catch (NamingException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } After (1) we store the HomeHandle of the EJBHome object in that way we can use it in a latter time saving the overhead of the lookup opeartion. BUT we get the following error when we invoke getEJBHome() on the stored HomeHandle object. Caused by: java.rmi.ServerException: Could not get EJBHome; nested exception is: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.handle.HomeHandleImpl.getEJBHome(HomeHandleImpl.java:107) at communication.serviceLocator.EJBServiceLocator.getService(EJBServiceLocator.java:68) ... 2 more Caused by: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:645) at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:247) at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:284) at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351) at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.handle.HomeHandleImpl.getEJBHome(HomeHandleImpl.java:102) ... 3 more Anyone know why it is not working ? Anyone knows if there is a problem using a remote client (that lives outside de Jboss JVM) that stores/retrieve the HomeHandle of an EJBHome object that resides in the JBoss JVM. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4005947#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...