stephen b [https://community.jboss.org/people/slbanal] created the discussion "Re: JBossWS + CXF + Spring + Maven triggers "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletException"" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/799214#799214 -------------------------------------------------------------- I tried that but the problem still persist. The problem only happens if I install JBossWS-CXF and create a jbossws-cxf.xml file under WEB-INF directory. I set log level to TRACE and I saw these lines seems to have caused the issue: +08:22:38,986 TRACE [org.jboss.modules] (http--127.0.0.1-8083-1) Finding class javax.servlet.ServletException from Module "org.jboss.ws.jaxws-client:main" from local module loader @13f7281 (roots: /Users/stephen/Programs/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/modules)+ +08:22:38,987 TRACE [org.jboss.modules] (http--127.0.0.1-8083-1) Class javax.servlet.ServletException not found from Module "org.jboss.ws.jaxws-client:main" from local module loader @13f7281 (roots: /Users/stephen/Programs/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/modules)+ Any clues as to what is the issue? I attached the complete log file. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/799214#799214] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]