Testing shows that removing the WS code from the jar isn't sufficient. As I was worried about it, those classes are at least loaded during the container startup. | 2006-12-22 10:19:25,953 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/portal]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener | java.lang.RuntimeException: exception invoking: startup | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invokeAndWrap(Reflections.java:112) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.callComponentMethod(Component.java:1791) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.callCreateMethod(Component.java:1739) | at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1728) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.startup(Lifecycle.java:152) | at org.jboss.seam.contexts.Lifecycle.endInitialization(Lifecycle.java:126) | at org.jboss.seam.init.Initialization.init(Initialization.java:430) | at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener.contextInitialized(SeamListener.java:33) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3763) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) | at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5052) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503) | at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:297) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:103) | at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:371) | at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:83) | at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:61) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978) | at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor34.invoke(Unknown Source) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210) | at $Proxy11.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:466) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210) | at $Proxy12.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) | at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210) | at $Proxy6.deploy(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225) | Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:18) | at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invokeAndWrap(Reflections.java:102) | ... 93 more | Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/jws/WebService | at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyFactoryHelper.getEndpointInterface(ProxyFactoryHelper.java:70) | at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyFactoryHelper.getLocalInterfaces(ProxyFactoryHelper.java:101) | at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyDeployer.initializeLocalBindingMetadata(ProxyDeployer.java:117) | at org.jboss.ejb3.SessionContainer.instantiated(SessionContainer.java:71) | at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:573) | at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:555) | at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:536) | at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:508) | at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:463) | at org.jboss.ejb3.embedded.EJB3StandaloneDeployer.create(EJB3StandaloneDeployer.java:437) | at org.jboss.seam.core.Ejb.startup(Ejb.java:55) | ... 99 more | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3995893#... 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