Vikas V [http://community.jboss.org/people/selfcare] created the discussion "Hot deployment exception on Jboss As 5.1.0 GA" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/630216#630216 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Below is the exception that am getting when I do hot deployment. java.lang.RuntimeException: Error while adding re-deployments *at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:688)*         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117)         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:362)         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:255)         at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317)         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150)         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:181)         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:205)         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error populating deployment vfsfile:/D:/devworks/liferay-portal-6.0.6/jboss-5.1.0/server/default/deploy/UserRegistrationLiferay.war         at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)         at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:86)         at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructuralDeployers.determineStructure(AbstractStructuralDeployers.java:89)         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.determineStructure(MainDeployerImpl.java:1004)         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.determineDeploymentContext(MainDeployerImpl.java:440)         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.processToDeploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:345)         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:684)         ... 12 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException         at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.readManifest(VFSUtils.java:283)         at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.getManifest(VFSUtils.java:259)         at org.jboss.virtual.VFSUtils.addManifestLocations(VFSUtils.java:185)         at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.plugins.structure.VFSStructureBuilder.applyContextInfo(VFSStructureBuilder.java:221)         at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractStructureBuilder.populateContext(AbstractStructureBuilder.java:82)         ... 17 more How can I overcome this? Am using Jboss As 5.1.0 GA with Liferay 6. Thanks in advance ! Regards, -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/630216#630216] Start a new discussion in Beginner's Corner at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]