cache_.getInvocationContext().getOptionOverrides ().setBypassInterceptorChain(true); ... but this will bypass all interceptors and directly modify the internals of the cache. If you just want to bypass locking, I created a new option for this some while back - /** * Suppresses acquiring locks for the given invocation. Used with pessimistic locking only. Use with extreme care, may lead to a breach in data integrity! * * @since 1.4.0 */ public void setSuppressLocking(boolean suppressLocking) -- Manik Surtani Lead, JBoss Cache JBoss, a division of Red Hat Email: manik(a)jboss.org Telephone: +44 7786 702 706 MSN: manik(a)surtani.org Yahoo/AIM/Skype: maniksurtani On 31 Aug 2006, at 08:25, Ben Wang wrote: