I am using JBoss AS 5.0.0 Beta 4. I am trying to expose simple EJB3 as Jax-WS based webservice by using annotation, but the ear file is failing to deploy. Following is the error stack that I am seeing:

16:56:18,691 INFO [ServerImpl] JBoss (Microcontainer) [5.0.0.Beta4 (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_0_0_Beta4 date=200802091115)] Started in 35s:752ms
16:59:11,203 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] installing bean: jboss.j2ee:ear=JBossWSTest.ear,jar=JBossEJB3.jar,name=JBossEJB3HelloWorld,service=EJB3 with dependencies:
16:59:11,203 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] and demands:
16:59:11,203 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] jboss.ejb:service=EJBTimerService
16:59:11,203 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] and supplies:
16:59:11,203 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] Class:sample.ejb.JBossEJB3HelloWorldRemoteInterface
16:59:11,874 INFO [EJBContainer] STARTED EJB: sample.ejb.JBossEJB3HelloWorld ejbName: JBossEJB3HelloWorld
16:59:12,015 INFO [DefaultEndpointRegistry] register: jboss.ws:context=JBossEJB3HelloWorld,endpoint=JBossEJB3HelloWorld
16:59:14,031 INFO [WSDLFilePublisher] WSDL published to: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/default/data/wsdl/JBossWSTest.ear/JBossEJB3.jar/JBossEJB3HelloWorldService45127.wsdl
16:59:35,063 INFO [MCKernelAbstraction] uninstalling bean: jboss.j2ee:ear=JBossWSTest.ear,jar=JBossEJB3.jar,name=JBossEJB3HelloWorld,service=EJB3
16:59:35,079 INFO [EJBContainer] STOPPED EJB: sample.ejb.JBossEJB3HelloWorld ejbName: JBossEJB3HelloWorld
16:59:35,095 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Real: name=vfsfile:/C:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/default/deploy/JBossWSTest.ear state=PostClassLoader mode=Manual requiredState=Real
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error during deploy: vfsfile:/C:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/default/deploy/JBossWSTest.ear/JBossEJB3.jar
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:175)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:853)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:906)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:794)
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:498)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:506)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:290)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.WSFDeploymentException: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: org.dom4j.DocumentException: Connection timed out: connect Nested exception: Connection timed out: connect
at org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.WSFDeploymentException.rethrow(WSFDeploymentException.java:54)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.WebAppDeploymentAspect.create(WebAppDeploymentAspect.java:87)
at org.jboss.wsf.framework.deployment.DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.java:118)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.ArchiveDeployerHook.deploy(ArchiveDeployerHook.java:95)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.AbstractWebServiceDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractWebServiceDeployer.java:63)
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:169)
... 23 more
Caused by: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: org.dom4j.DocumentException: Connection timed out: connect Nested exception: Connection timed out: connect
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.WebXMLRewriterImpl.rewriteWebXml(WebXMLRewriterImpl.java:92)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.WebAppDeploymentAspect.create(WebAppDeploymentAspect.java:74)
... 28 more
Caused by: org.dom4j.DocumentException: Connection timed out: connect Nested exception: Connection timed out: connect
at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:484)
at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:343)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.WebXMLRewriterImpl.rewriteWebXml(WebXMLRewriterImpl.java:111)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.WebXMLRewriterImpl.rewriteWebXml(WebXMLRewriterImpl.java:84)
... 29 more
16:59:35,110 WARN [HDScanner] Failed to process changes
org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS):

*** CONTEXTS IN ERROR: Name -> Error

vfsfile:/C:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta4/server/default/deploy/JBossWSTest.ear -> org.dom4j.DocumentException: Connection timed out: connect Nested exception: Connection timed out: connect


at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:576)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.checkComplete(MainDeployerImpl.java:559)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:291)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:221)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Here are all other details:

Code for Sample EJB3 class - JBossEJB3HelloWorld.java:

package sample.ejb;

import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
import javax.jws.soap.SOAPBinding;

import org.jboss.wsf.spi.annotation.WebContext;

@Stateless
@WebService
@WebContext(contextRoot="/JBossEJB3HelloWorld", urlPattern="/JBossEJB3HelloWorld")
@SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.DOCUMENT)
public class JBossEJB3HelloWorld implements JBossEJB3HelloWorldRemoteInterface
{
 @WebMethod
 public String sayHello(String input)
 {
 return "Hello " + input;
 }
}

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Code for Sample EJB3 remote interface - JBossEJB3HelloWorldRemoteInterface.java:

package sample.ejb;

import javax.ejb.Remote;

@Remote
public interface JBossEJB3HelloWorldRemoteInterface
{
 String sayHello(String input);
}

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Packaged as JBossWSTest.ear file with following application.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:application="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd" id="Application_ID" version="5">
 <module>
 <ejb>JBossEJB3.jar</ejb>
 </module>
</application>

I appreciate any help or pointers for resolving this issue.

-Ashish