Hello,
I installed JBOSS AS 4.2.0, integrated it with Netbeans 5.5.1, created simple EAR application with EJB, WAR and ApplicationClient module.
Deployment was successful.
[EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/home/lur/AppServery/jboss-4.2.0.GA/server/all/deploy/SimpleTest.ear WARN [MainDeployer] Found non-jar deployer for SimpleTest-ejb.jar: MBeanProxyExt[jboss.ejb3:service=EJB3Deployer] INFO [ClientDeployer] Client ENC bound under: SimpleTest-app-client INFO [JmxKernelAbstraction] creating wrapper delegate for: org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer INFO [JmxKernelAbstraction] installing MBean: jboss.j2ee:ear=SimpleTest.ear,jar=SimpleTest-ejb.jar,name=ServerTimeBean,service=EJB3 with dependencies: INFO [EJBContainer] STARTED EJB: cz.qds.simpletest.sbs.ServerTimeBean ejbName: ServerTimeBean INFO [EJB3Deployer] Deployed: file:/home/lur/AppServery/jboss-4.2.0.GA/server/all/tmp/deploy/tmp65459SimpleTest.ear-contents/SimpleTest-ejb.jar INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/SimpleTest-war, warUrl=.../tmp/deploy/tmp65459SimpleTest.ear-contents/SimpleTest-war-exp.war/ INFO [EARDeployer] Started J2EE application: file:/home/lur/AppServery/jboss-4.2.0.GA/server/all/deploy/SimpleTest.ear
INFO [ClientDeployer] Client ENC bound under: SimpleTest-app-client
Thats the EJB2 client deployer. There is no EJB3 client deployer in AS 4.2.