I fixed the Strings.isEmpty problem in CVS a while back. Remove the isEmpty's and post your error. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107829#4107829 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4107829