Ok, as you suggested the problem was with the application.xml .. well, I did 2 things.
I replaced the namespace with this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" | xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" | xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee | http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd" | version="5"> second, I re-named business.ejb3 to business.jar . these two changes seem to fix the intial exception that I was getting. But now I am getting a different kind of exception. 6:23:35,186 INFO [DefaultListableBeanFactory] Destroying singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.defaultlistablebeanfact...@5b11d7a6: defining beans [randomizer,horoscope]; root of factory hierarchy | 06:23:35,186 ERROR [ContextLoader] Context initialization failed | org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'randomizer' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: org.jboss.tutorial.ee.service.Randomizer not bound | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1337) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:473) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409) | at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:221) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:423) | at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:729) | at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:381) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3910) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4393) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:312) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:144) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:461) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:97) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206) | at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46) | at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62) | at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1178) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:698) | at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:290) | at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221) | 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:885) | at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:907) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:637) | Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: org.jboss.tutorial.ee.service.Randomizer not bound | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:771) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:779) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:785) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:443) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:722) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:682) | at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:392) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate$1.doInContext(JndiTemplate.java:155) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.execute(JndiTemplate.java:88) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:153) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:178) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiLocatorSupport.lookup(JndiLocatorSupport.java:95) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectLocator.lookup(JndiObjectLocator.java:105) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean.lookupWithFallback(JndiObjectFactoryBean.java:200) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(JndiObjectFactoryBean.java:186) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1368) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1334) | ... 79 more | 06:23:35,189 ERROR [[/jboss-spring]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener | org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'randomizer' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: org.jboss.tutorial.ee.service.Randomizer not bound | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1337) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:473) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409) | at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:221) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:423) | at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:729) | at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:381) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) | at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3910) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4393) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:312) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:144) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:461) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118) | at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:97) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) | at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) | at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) | at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) | at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) | at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206) | at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) | at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99) | at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46) | at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62) | at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1178) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822) | at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781) | at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:698) | at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:290) | at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221) | 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:885) | at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:907) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:637) | Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: org.jboss.tutorial.ee.service.Randomizer not bound | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:771) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:779) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:785) | at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:443) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:722) | at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:682) | at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:392) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate$1.doInContext(JndiTemplate.java:155) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.execute(JndiTemplate.java:88) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:153) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate.lookup(JndiTemplate.java:178) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiLocatorSupport.lookup(JndiLocatorSupport.java:95) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectLocator.lookup(JndiObjectLocator.java:105) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean.lookupWithFallback(JndiObjectFactoryBean.java:200) | at org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(JndiObjectFactoryBean.java:186) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1368) | at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1334) | ... 79 more It seems like spring is unable to inject the randomize bean may be due to a name mismatch in the applicationContext.xml and what it is declared in the code. Since I do not have the source code, I couldn't verify that. Do you have any idea? thx seleshmaster View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225320#4225320 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4225320 _______________________________________________ jboss-user mailing list jboss-user@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/jboss-user