anonymous wrote : I am new to EJB3 and it uses lots of annotations. I am still suspect about did i miss any configuration or jars. I found these 2 threads with similar errors. Looks like you are probably missing some interceptor class in the classpath. http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3921326#... http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4104321#... anonymous wrote : | I am sure there is no problem with application.xml. You can go ahead with my application.xml when you have your EJB and WAR are in outside of jboss server. I wouldn't have expected that to work. From what i know, an application.xml is supposed to list the the modules available within the EAR. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4179304#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...