diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQActivationSpec.java b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQActivationSpec.java
index e45998461c..058ecdbf98 100755
--- a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQActivationSpec.java
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQActivationSpec.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.activemq.ra;
 
 import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -42,8 +43,10 @@ import org.apache.activemq.selector.SelectorParser;
  * 
  * @version $Revision$ $Date$
  */
-public class ActiveMQActivationSpec implements ActivationSpec {
+public class ActiveMQActivationSpec implements ActivationSpec, Serializable {
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7153087544100459975L;
+    
     /** Auto-acknowledge constant for <code>acknowledgeMode</code> property **/
     public static final String AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE_MODE = "Auto-acknowledge";
     /** Dups-ok-acknowledge constant for <code>acknowledgeMode</code> property * */
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ public class ActiveMQActivationSpec implements ActivationSpec {
     
     public static final int INVALID_ACKNOWLEDGE_MODE = -1;
     
-    private ActiveMQResourceAdapter resourceAdapter;
+    private transient ActiveMQResourceAdapter resourceAdapter;
     private String destinationType;
     private String messageSelector;
     private String destination;
diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory.java b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory.java
index 0f804c114f..af37bf3442 100755
--- a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory.java
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ public class ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory implements ManagedConnectionFactor
         if (info.getUserName() == null)
             info.setUserName(baseInfo.getUserName());
     }
+    
+    public boolean equals(Object object) {
+        if( object == null || object.getClass()!=ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory.class ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return ((ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory)object).info.equals(info);
+    }
+    
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return info.hashCode();
+    }
+    
 
     public ResourceAdapter getResourceAdapter() {
         return adapter;
@@ -145,10 +157,6 @@ public class ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory implements ManagedConnectionFactor
         return info.getPassword();
     }
 
-    public String getServerUrl() {
-        return info.getServerUrl();
-    }
-
     public String getUserName() {
         return info.getUserName();
     }
@@ -161,10 +169,6 @@ public class ActiveMQManagedConnectionFactory implements ManagedConnectionFactor
         info.setPassword(password);
     }
 
-    public void setServerUrl(String url) {
-        info.setServerUrl(url);
-    }
-
     public void setUserName(String userid) {
         info.setUserName(userid);
     }