Carlo de Wolf [http://community.jboss.org/people/wolfc] created the discussion "InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect misuse of EJBContainer.getEnc()" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/533419#533419 -------------------------------------------------------------- https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-2056 EJBTHREE-2056 changes the state of the naming context within the lifecycle of EJBContainer. In essence this is an implementation detail. With this change WS no longer deploys: java.lang.IllegalStateException: EJBTHREE-2056: EjbEncFactory is null, usage of java:comp is not allowed before CREATE    at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer$1.invoke(EJBContainer.java:819)    at $Proxy146.lookup(Unknown Source)    at org.jboss.webservices.integration.injection.InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect.getJndiContext(InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect.java:186)    at org.jboss.webservices.integration.injection.InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect.start(InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect.java:149)    at org.jboss.webservices.integration.deployers.WSDeploymentAspectDeployer.internalDeploy(WSDeploymentAspectDeployer.java:114)    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55)    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179)    ... 69 more As a quick work-around you could set a dependency on the EJBContainer before you start the InjectionMetaDataDeploymentAspect. The final resolution needs to be tied into the jboss-injection component. PS. I can't figure out what EJB3_JNDI_PREFIX is supposed to mean. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/533419#533419] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services Development at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]