What's in your cache-config.xml file? As an aside, probably JBoss should escape that character. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4202284#4202284 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4202284