anonymous wrote : So i had to put the path of the jar file in classpath What JAR file? I hope not the one that contains com.test.PortletDefination because that JAR should be located at WEB-INF/lib within your WAR. anonymous wrote : But as i said i am working on JSF I wondered why the the code you posted didn't use any JSF. It looks like you have the MyFaces JAR file WEB-INF/lib directory - try removing it; perhaps there is some conflict between it and the Run RI JSF classes that come with JBoss AS. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4224723#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...