I am trying to register our filters in the web.xml file of our application. Does the <filter-name> attribute in the web.xml have to match the value given to the @Name Annotation of the filter class? Any thoughts on why the Null Pointer is thrown in the jboss SeamFilter class? From the stacktrace I get, there is no mention of my filter class at all. Thanks for the help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076281#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...