JSF class not found error thrown from ejb.jar

[valsaraj007]

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.faces.model.SelectItem from [Module "deployment.tolven.ear.appEJB.jar:main" from Service Module Loader]

  at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:213) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.3.Final]

  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:459) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.3.Final]

  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:408) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.3.Final]

  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:389) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.3.Final]

  at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:134) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.3.Final]

  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_07]

  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) [rt.jar:1.7.0_07]

  at sun.reflect.generics.factory.CoreReflectionFactory.makeNamedType(CoreReflectionFactory.java:114) [rt.jar:1.7.0_07]

  ... 44 more

Since we have JSF module available in WildFly, what is the reason for this error?

[nickarls]

Are you sure you're not bundling an extra JSF implementation/API jar in the application?

[valsaraj007]

There was a jsf-api.jar file in ear lib. I removed that since WildFly has JSF API module and got this error.

[nickarls]

Not sure if the EJB in an EAR sees the module dependency unless explicitly specified. Just guessing.

[valsaraj007]

Yeah, it seems like that. I think it is better to move the code that uses JSF classes to web module and change EJB code according to that.

[valsaraj007]

Issue is fixed when I moved the code that uses JSF classes to web module.