i have the classloading issues fixed, but had to do this in a jboss specific way. i was wondering if there is an elegent and standardized approach. for other readers info : i have the different ears configured with the same jboss-app.xml loader-repository configuration (which makes jboss 4.2.0 load the ears in the same classloader namespace) <jboss-app> <loader-repository> seam.jboss.org:loader=up </loader-repository> </jboss-app> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4081123#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...