NullPointerException thrown from getEntityManagerFactory() when persistence unit is packaged with WAR ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-6795 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-6795 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Deployers Reporter: Shelly McGowan Assignee: Carlo de Wolf Priority: Critical Fix For: 6.0.0.M5 2009-04-15 00:26:45,056 INFO [org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment] (ResourceContainer.invoker.nonDaemon-12) deploy, ctxPath=/web_pkg_standalone_component_web 2009-04-15 00:26:45,082 ERROR [org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment] (ResourceContainer.invoker.nonDaemon-12) ENC setup failed java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.injection.PersistenceUnitHandler.getEntityManagerFactory(PersistenceUnitHandler.java:172) at org.jboss.injection.PersistenceUnitHandler.getFactory(PersistenceUnitHandler.java:163) at org.jboss.injection.PuEncInjector.inject(PuEncInjector.java:54) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatInjectionContainer.populateEnc(TomcatInjectionContainer.java:482) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment$EncListener.lifecycleEvent(TomcatDeployment.java:471) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4388) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:310) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:142) at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:461) at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118) at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:97) This is reproducable with the following packaging scenarios: persistence unit in the WEB-INF/classes directory of a standalone .war persistence unit in the WEB-INF/lib directory of a standalone .war persistence unit in the lib directory of an enterprise archive containing a .war and and ejb.jar