Looks like we both encountered the same problem. I ran into this when implementing the change requested in JBASM-12. Initially planned to look up the Context.PROVIDER_URL to determine the URL to use for shutdown but chose an alternative due to this error. I took the easy way out but am interested to know if it is possible. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4179624#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...