Found a solution. You cannot have jersey jar files deployed with app. They must reside in$TOMEE_HOME/lib directory.
Also, Edit file $TOMEE_HOME/conf/system.properties and add this line: com.sun.jersey.server.impl.cdi.lookupExtensionInBeanManager = true After doing above app deploys correctly and I'm able to successfully have my endpoint respond correctly. Now on to using JPA to persist my data objects. Hat tip to Frank Martinez for this solution. http://www.fdmtech.org/2012/07/tomee-1-0-jersey-jax-rs-cdi -- View this message in context: http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/Error-deploying-web-app-on-TomEE-with-com-sun-jersery-packages-tp4657561p4657564.html Sent from the OpenEJB Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.