I had a functionaly identical WS pojo and web.xml. I am deploying an exploded ear with exploded war and getting exactly the same error. I notice that jboss modifies the web.xml in the same way. My web service works only after deploying my exploded ear/war (or restoring web.xml to what it was when I wrote it). Upon restarting jboss I get that error without fail. I too am keen for any help. In the meantime I am going to have to deploy my app as an ear file which is not so good because I have configuration info I would like to modify easily. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3962803#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...