NullPointerException during deployment of a CXF webservice end point in JBoss EAP6
Issue
- While trying to deploy a web service end point, the following exception is thrown:
ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-1) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."foo.war".INSTALL: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."foo.war".INSTALL: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase INSTALL of deployment "foo.war"
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:123) [jboss-as-server-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
....
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.metadata.MetadataBuilder.createDDEndpoint(MetadataBuilder.java:225)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.metadata.MetadataBuilder.build(MetadataBuilder.java:79)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.DescriptorDeploymentAspect.generateMetadataFromDeployment(DescriptorDeploymentAspect.java:153)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.DescriptorDeploymentAspect.start(DescriptorDeploymentAspect.java:81)
at org.jboss.as.webservices.deployers.AspectDeploymentProcessor.deploy(AspectDeploymentProcessor.java:74)
...
- The
WEB-INF/jboss-deployment-structure.xmlhas the following modules defined:
<jboss-deployment-structure xmlns="urn:jboss:deployment-structure:1.0">
<deployment>
<exclusions>
<module name="javaee.api" />
<module name="org.apache.log4j" />
</exclusions>
<dependencies>
<module name="com.liferay.portal" />
<module name="javax.mail.api" />
<module name="org.jboss.modules" />
</dependencies>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>
Environment
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- 6.x.x
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