Error messages should have context
Sometimes the ejb3 error message are incomprehensible.
You've got no idea which ejb or even deployment it is referring to.
For now I've added a couple of DeploymentException wrappings
which at least narrows down where you need to look.
But this should not be necessary. The error message should always include
some context on what it is working with. Doing so will avoid this horrible
exception wrapping, e.g.
17:13:54,239 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Real: name=vfsfile:/home/ejort/jboss-head/ejb3/output/test-lib/globalReference-ejb3.jar state=PostClassLoader mode=Manual requiredState=Real org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying globalReference-ejb3.jar: Error creating ejb container GlobalSession30: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:151) at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:83) at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractVFSRealDeployer.java:45) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:169) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:729) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:670) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:327) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1309) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:734) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:862) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:784) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:622) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:411) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:496) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:355) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:813) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.redeploy(MainDeployer.java:588) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.InvokerAdaptorService.invoke(InvokerAdaptorService.java:270) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:138) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:140) at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.SerializableInterceptor.invoke(SerializableInterceptor.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:90) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPProxyFactory.invoke(JRMPProxyFactory.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPInvoker$MBeanServerAction.invoke(JRMPInvoker.java:815) at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPInvoker.invoke(JRMPInvoker.java:416) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:294) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:153) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:149) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:466) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:707) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error creating ejb container GlobalSession30: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:514) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:460) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:442) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:408) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:350) at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:138) ... 66 more Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseClassArray(AnnotationParser.java:653) at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseArray(AnnotationParser.java:460) at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseMemberValue(AnnotationParser.java:286) at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotation(AnnotationParser.java:222) at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations2(AnnotationParser.java:69) at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(AnnotationParser.java:52) at java.lang.Class.initAnnotationsIfNecessary(Class.java:3031) at java.lang.Class.getAnnotation(Class.java:2989) at org.jboss.aop.annotation.AnnotationElement$AnnotationElementAction$1.getVisibleAnnotation(AnnotationElement.java:264) at org.jboss.aop.annotation.AnnotationElement.getVisibleAnnotation(AnnotationElement.java:114) at org.jboss.aop.Advisor.resolveAnnotation(Advisor.java:356) at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.getAnnotation(EJBContainer.java:1110) at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyFactoryHelper.getLocalAndBusinessLocalInterfaces(ProxyFactoryHelper.java:81) at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyFactoryHelper.getLocalBusinessInterfaces(ProxyFactoryHelper.java:497) at org.jboss.ejb3.session.SessionContainer.resolveBusinessInterfaces(SessionContainer.java:200) at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.instantiated(EJBContainer.java:1256) at org.jboss.ejb3.session.SessionContainer.instantiated(SessionContainer.java:191) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:508) ... 71 more
