We have a EAR file containinf one WAR file only.
Today, when we deploy the EAR file to the jboss3.2.3 server, we get a DeploymentException that never happended before.

Somebody knows how does this happen?

----------Console logs------
10:22:36,241 INFO [MainDeployer] Starting deployment of package: file:/C:/java/
jboss-3.2.3/server/default/deploy/wpayment.ear
10:22:37,233 INFO [EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/C:/java/jboss-3.2.
3/server/default/deploy/wpayment.ear
10:22:47,948 ERROR [XmlFileLoader] The markup declarations contained or pointed
to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.:3:1
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or pointed to b
y the document type declaration must be well-formed.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:235)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.
java:201)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:293)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:247)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.init(AbstractWebContainer.java:323
)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:696)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:716)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:632)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:605)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor18.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:546)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy6.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymen
tScanner.java:302)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentS
canner.java:458)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:201)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:212)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
10:22:48,098 ERROR [EmbeddedTomcatService] Problem in init
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: The markup declarations contained or p
ointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.; - nested throwa
ble: (org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or pointe
d to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:307)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:247)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.init(AbstractWebContainer.java:323
)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:696)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:716)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:632)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:605)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor18.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:546)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy6.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymen
tScanner.java:302)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentS
canner.java:458)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:201)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:212)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or p
ointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:235)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.
java:201)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:293)
... 18 more
10:22:48,258 WARN [NestedThrowable] Duplicate throwable nesting of same base ty
pe: class org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException is assignable from: class org
.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException
10:22:48,278 ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not initialise deloyment: file:/C:/java/
jboss-3.2.3/server/default/deploy/wpayment.ear
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: The markup declarations contained or p
ointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.; - nested throwa
ble: (org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or pointe
d to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.); - nested throwable:
(org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: The markup declarations contained or
pointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.; - nested thro
wable: (org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or poin
ted to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.))
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.init(AbstractWebContainer.java:350
)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:696)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:716)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:632)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:605)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor18.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBea
nDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:546)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy6.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymen
tScanner.java:302)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentS
canner.java:458)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:201)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:212)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.
run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
Caused by: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: The markup declarations con
tained or pointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.; - ne
sted throwable: (org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations containe
d or pointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:307)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:247)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.init(AbstractWebContainer.java:323
)
... 16 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or p
ointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:235)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.
java:201)
at org.jboss.metadata.XmlFileLoader.getDocument(XmlFileLoader.java:293)
... 18 more