Getting the error "Deployment failed due to a SAXParseException (The element type *** must be terminated by the matching end-tag)" while deploying an app in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.x or in Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.x

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Issue

Using CLI to deploy a jar file the following error happened:

Unexpected HTTP response: 500

Request
{
    "address" => [("deployment" => "MYJAR.jar")],
    "operation" => "deploy"
}

Response

Internal Server Error
{
    "outcome" => "failed",
    "failure-description" => {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"MYJAR.jar\".PARSE" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"MYJAR.jar\".PARSE: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase PARSE of deployment \"MYJAR.jar\"
    Caused by: org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessingException: SAXException parsing vfs:/content/MYJAR.jar/META-INF/beans.xml
    Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_1.xsd; lineNumber: 41; columnNumber: 7; The element type \"link\" must be terminated by the matching end-tag \"\"."}},
    "rolled-back" => true
}

The beans.xml file doesn't have a line 41 and the link element declared in it.

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.x
  • Red Hat Fuse Service Works (FSW) 6.x

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