Cause of java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

[shetalb]

Hi,
I am trying to deploy a new Ejb in jboss, and getting the following error:

15:21:52,985 WARN [ServiceController] Problem creating service jboss.j2ee:jndiN
ame=StoreAccessBean,service=EJB
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: Method not found in bean class: remove()
 at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.setUpBeanMappingImpl(Stateles
sSessionContainer.java:490)
 at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.setupBeanMapping(StatelessSes
sionContainer.java:524)
 at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.create(StatelessSessionContai
ner.java:162)
 at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:752)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceControl
ler.java:978)
 at $Proxy5.create(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:315)

 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
 at $Proxy13.create(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule.createService(EjbModule.java:386)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.create(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:
136)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceControl
ler.java:978)
 at $Proxy5.create(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:315)

 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:243)

 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
 at $Proxy11.create(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.ejb.EJBDeployer.create(EJBDeployer.java:377)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.create(MainDeployer.java:760)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:620)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:585)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
 at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymen
tScanner.java:435)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDe
ploymentScanner.java:656)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentS
canner.java:507)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(A
bstractDeploymentScanner.java:261)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:1
65)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceControl
ler.java:978)
 at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:398)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
 at $Proxy3.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:249)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:807)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:621)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:585)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:569)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
 at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
 at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:324)
 at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:221)
 at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:148)
 at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)

I have ejbRemove() method in my bean class, then why is the above error occuring?
Can anyone tell me what could be the cause of this error?

Waiting for a reply,
Thanks in advance,
Shetal