Please ignore my last posting, the application server now reads the handler configuration file. But I get a NullPointer Exception: | Could not create deployment: file:/opt/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/deploy/jsr181pojo.war | java.lang.NullPointerException | at org.jboss.ws.metadata.AnnotationsMetaDataBuilder.processHandlerChain(AnnotationsMetaDataBuilder.java:545) | In the class AnnotationsMetaDataBuilder in the method processHandlerChain the Exception is raised because hcName is null: | ... | for (HandlerChainMetaData handlerChainMetaData : handlerConfigMetaData.getHandlerChains()) | { | String hcName = handlerChainMetaData.getHandlerChainName(); | if (hcName.equals(anHandlerChain.name()) || anHandlerChain.name() == null) | { | .... | Does anybody knows how to set a value for handlerChainName? This is an attribute of the object HandlerChainMetaData. Many Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3996969#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...