after placing jboss-aop.xml in the meta-inf of the ear which contained this: <jboss-app> <loader-repository> com.pnx:archive=underwrite.ear <loader-repository-config> java2ParentDelegation=false </loader-repository-config> </loader-repository> </jboss-app> the deployment failed with mdbeans: 21:01:59,956 WARN [verifier] EJB spec violation: Bean : LCRequestHandlerMDB Section: 15.7.4 Warning: The message driven bean must declare one onMessage() method. 21:01:59,956 WARN [verifier] EJB spec violation: Bean : LCResponseHandlerMDB Section: 15.7.4 Warning: The message driven bean must declare one onMessage() method. org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentInfo@74cef1f3 { url=file:/C:/Workdir/jboss/jboss-4.2.3/server/pmp/deploy/underwrite.ear/framework-ejb.jar/ } deployer: MBeanProxyExt[jboss.ejb:service=EJBDeployer] status: Deployment FAILED reason: Verification of Enterprise Beans failed, see above for error messages. state: FAILED watch: file:/C:/Workdir/jboss/jboss-4.2.3/server/pmp/deploy/underwrite.ear/framework-ejb.jar/META-INF/ejb-jar.xml altDD: null lastDeployed: 1250186505465 lastModified: 1250084967802 mbeans: rg.jboss.deployment.DeploymentInfo@7eaeb79f { url=file:/C:/Workdir/jboss/jboss-4.2.3/server/pmp/deploy/underwrite.ear/ } deployer: org.jboss.deployment.EARDeployer@1b8119a status: Deployment FAILED reason: Verification of Enterprise Beans failed, see above for error messages. state: FAILED watch: file:/C:/Workdir/jboss/jboss-4.2.3/server/pmp/deploy/underwrite.ear/META-INF/application.xml altDD: null lastDeployed: 1250186519613 lastModified: 1250084971775 mbeans: here the mdb's defintions: <message-driven> <ejb-name>LCRequestHandlerMDB</ejb-name> <ejb-class>com.pnx.pmp.jms.backend.mdb.LCRequestHandlerMDB</ejb-class> <transaction-type>Bean</transaction-type> <message-driven-destination> <destination-type>javax.jms.Queue</destination-type> </message-driven-destination> </message-driven> <message-driven> <ejb-name>LCResponseHandlerMDB</ejb-name> <ejb-class>com.pnx.pmp.jms.backend.mdb.LCResponseHandlerMDB</ejb-class> <transaction-type>Bean</transaction-type> <message-driven-destination> <destination-type>javax.jms.Queue</destination-type> </message-driven-destination> </message-driven> <message-driven> <ejb-name>LCRequestHandlerMDB</ejb-name> <destination-jndi-name>queue/underwrite/LegacyCallRequestQueue</destination-jndi-name> </message-driven> <message-driven> <ejb-name>LCResponseHandlerMDB</ejb-name> <destination-jndi-name>queue/underwrite/LegacyCallResponseQueue</destination-jndi-name> </message-driven> underwrite/LCRequestConnectionFactory ConnectionFactory underwrite/LCResponseConnectionFactory ConnectionFactory View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4249503#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...