Could not find the handler configuration file (JBoss EAP 6.1.1)

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I didn't have this error when I was using JBoss EAP 5.1. However, when I migrated to JBoss 6.1.1 I getting error that I stated below. I've looked at other thread in the JBoss forum for similar exception. Some suggested that I should start my file url with "/" (handler-chain.xml to /handler-chain.xml) but still getting same error. Also, all other exception that I looked had JBAS error code but error that I getting do not have JBAS error code. Please help.

12:07:48,173 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-6) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."main.ear"."webService.war".INSTALL: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."main.ear"."webService.war".INSTALL: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase INSTALL of subdeployment "webService.war" of deployment "main.ear"
                at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:127) [jboss-as-server-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
                at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
                at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
                at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]
                at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]
                at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]
Caused by: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Could not find the handler configuration file /../handler-chain.xml specified by @HandlerChain annotation
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.EndpointImpl.doPublish(EndpointImpl.java:368)
                at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.EndpointImpl.doPublish(EndpointImpl.java:66)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.EndpointImpl.publish(EndpointImpl.java:250)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.EndpointImpl.publish(EndpointImpl.java:536)
                at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.configuration.NonSpringBusHolder.configure(NonSpringBusHolder.java:116)
                at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.BusDeploymentAspect.startDeploymentBus(BusDeploymentAspect.java:128)
                at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.BusDeploymentAspect.start(BusDeploymentAspect.java:67)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.deployers.AspectDeploymentProcessor.deploy(AspectDeploymentProcessor.java:74)
                at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:120) [jboss-as-server-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
                ... 5 more
Caused by: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Could not find the handler configuration file /../handler-chain.xml specified by @HandlerChain annotation
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.handler.AnnotationHandlerChainBuilder.buildHandlerChainFromClass(AnnotationHandlerChainBuilder.java:89)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.handler.AnnotationHandlerChainBuilder.buildHandlerChainFromClass(AnnotationHandlerChainBuilder.java:285)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JaxWsServerFactoryBean.buildHandlerChain(JaxWsServerFactoryBean.java:249)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JaxWsServerFactoryBean.initializeResourcesAndHandlerChain(JaxWsServerFactoryBean.java:227)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JaxWsServerFactoryBean.create(JaxWsServerFactoryBean.java:212)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.EndpointImpl.getServer(EndpointImpl.java:453)
                at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.EndpointImpl.doPublish(EndpointImpl.java:333)
                ... 13 more
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