I have deployed a sample ear file containing 2 jars file. The EAR file is exploded and even the jar files are in exploded format. | EJB3Persistence.ear | | | |--- META-INF | | | | | |--- application.xml | | | | | | | |--- myapp_ejb3.jar (this is exploded too) | | | | | |--- META-INF | | | | | | | |--- persistence.xml | | | | | | | | | |--- <some annotated persistent entities> | | | | | | | |--- myapp2_ejb3.jar (this too is exploded) | | | | | |--- META-INF | | | | | |--- <some more annotated persistent entities> | | | | | | | My persistent (annotated) entities are present in both myapp_ejb3.jar and myapp2_ejb3.jar. My persistence.xml file is present in the META-INF folder of myapp_ejb3.jar and looks like this : | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | | <persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"> | | <persistence-unit name="EJB3Persistence"> | <jta-data-source>java:/EJB3PersistenceDS</jta-data-source> | <!-- <class>org.myapp.entity.User</class> | <class>org.myapp.entity.Account</class> --> | <!-- The current jar is by default scanned for entities, so just mention the other jar --> | <jar-file>../myapp2_ejb3.jar</jar-file> | </persistence-unit> | </persistence> When i deploy this EAR on 4.2.2 version of JBoss, i get this deployment error: | 15:41:48,844 WARN [ServiceController] Problem starting service persistence.units:ear=EJB3Persistence.ear,jar=myapp_ejb3.jar,unitName=EJB3Persistence | java.lang.RuntimeException: error trying to scan <jar-file>: file:/D:/JBoss_4_2/server/default/deploy/EJB3Persistence.ear/myapp_ejb3.jar/myapp2_ejb3.jar | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.scanForClasses(Ejb3Configuration.java:619) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.configure(Ejb3Configuration.java:338) | at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:126) | at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.PersistenceUnitDeployment.start(PersistenceUnitDeployment.java:246) | 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.ejb3.ServiceDelegateWrapper.startService(ServiceDelegateWrapper.java:103) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.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 org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.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 $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:304) | 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 $Proxy42.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.XSLSubDeployer.start(XSLSubDeployer.java:197) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1015) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819) | at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor20.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.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 $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:634) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263) | at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:336) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245) | at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.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.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.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 $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:304) | 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 org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:766) | 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 $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482) | at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362) | at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200) | at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:508) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) | Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.zip.ZipException: The system cannot find the file specified | at org.jboss.util.file.JarArchiveBrowser.<init>(JarArchiveBrowser.java:74) | at org.jboss.util.file.FileProtocolArchiveBrowserFactory.create(FileProtocolArchiveBrowserFactory.java:48) | at org.jboss.util.file.ArchiveBrowser.getBrowser(ArchiveBrowser.java:57) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.scanForClasses(Ejb3Configuration.java:610) | ... 119 more | Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: The system cannot find the file specified | at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) | at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:203) | at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:132) | at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:97) | at org.jboss.util.file.JarArchiveBrowser.<init>(JarArchiveBrowser.java:69) | ... 122 more As seen in the stacktrace, the relative URL ../myapp2_ejb3.jar is parsed incorrectly which leads to this exception. This problem seems to happen only if the jar file is in exploded format (as a directory). If i zip the jar files as an archive an deploy the same EAR, everything works fine. Should i open a JIRA with a simple deployable application? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4139921#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...