abhi0123 [https://community.jboss.org/people/abhi0123] created the discussion "POJO Endpoint causes NPE at JBossWebMetaDataParser.parse" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/730079#730079 -------------------------------------------------------------- POJO Endpoint deployed with web.xml and jboss-web.xml. When enabled, or attempted to, JBOSS AS 7 fails with NPE. Source code and deployable attached. 15:16:25,985 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-14) MSC00001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."jaxws-pojo-endpoint-1.0.war".PARSE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."jaxws-pojo-endpoint-1.0.war".PARSE: Failed to process phase PARSE of deployment "jaxws-pojo-endpoint-1.0.war"           at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:119) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]           at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]           at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]           at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [classes.jar:1.6.0_31]           at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [classes.jar:1.6.0_31]           at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) [classes.jar:1.6.0_31] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException           at org.jboss.metadata.parser.jbossweb.JBossWebMetaDataParser.parse(JBossWebMetaDataParser.java:100)           at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.JBossWebParsingDeploymentProcessor.deploy(JBossWebParsingDeploymentProcessor.java:69)           at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:113) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]           ... 5 more *TimeServiceSEI.java* @WebService public interface TimeServiceSEI {           public Time getCurrentTime();           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterHttpBasicAuthentication();           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterDeclarativeRoleBasedAuthorization();           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterProgrammaticRoleBasedAuthorization();           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterUserPrincipalAuthentication();           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterProgrammaticAuthentication(); } *TimeService.java* @WebService(name = "Time", serviceName = "TimeService", portName = "TimeServicePort", targetNamespace = "http://abhijitsarkar.certification.edu/ocewsd/jaxws/pojo/endpoint", endpointInterface = "edu.certification.abhijitsarkar.ocewsd.jaxws.pojo.endpoint.TimeServiceSEI") @HandlerChain(file = "handler-chain.xml") @DeclareRoles({ "AppUser" }) public class TimeService implements TimeServiceSEI {   @WebMethod   @PermitAll   @Override           public Time getCurrentTime() {                     return new Time();           }   /* HttpBasicAuthenticationHandler authenticates this request */   @WebMethod   @Override           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterHttpBasicAuthentication() {                     return getCurrentTime();           }   @WebMethod   @RolesAllowed("AppUser")   @Override           public Time getCurrentTimeAfterDeclarativeRoleBasedAuthorization() {                     return getCurrentTime();           } // some more methods } *web.xml* <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"   version="3.0">   <security-constraint>   <web-resource-collection>   <web-resource-name>All resources</web-resource-name>   <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>   <http-method>POST</http-method>  <!-- GET is used to receive TimeService?wsdl -->   </web-resource-collection>   </security-constraint>   <login-config>   <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>                     <realm-name>Pojo Auth Test Realm</realm-name>   </login-config> </web-app> *jboss-web.xml* <jboss-web xmlns="http://www.jboss.com/xml/ns/javaee"   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.jboss.com/xml/ns/javaee http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/schema/jboss-web_7_0.xsd"   version="7.0">   <security-domain>other</security-domain>   <context-root>/jaxws-pojo-endpoint</context-root> </jboss> -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/730079#730079] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]