In jboss 4.0.2 jaxen.jar is part of the bootstrap libraries. This has been changed for version 4.0.3 http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1970
Putting jdom.jar in your war/ear might not be enough if classes from within jaxen.jar are trying to access jdom classes. Jboss class loading http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossClassLoadingUseCases Gives a good description of what happens with external libraries that are packed as part of your war and the scope of loading classes. I solved the problem by placing jdom.jar in $JBOSS_HOME/lib and then loading the jar at boot time by placing '-L jdom.jar' in my run.sh as a command line argument, similarly to http://www.jboss.org/?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3830976. I hope this helps. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3927635#3927635 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3927635 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list JBoss-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user