title: How to deploy standalone EJB 3 modules on JBoss with dependencies between them?
body: <p>I have a Java EE application developed in this structure:</p>
  
  <p>Application1.ear<br />
    - Application1.war<br />
  Application1DAO.jar (EJB standalone module)<br />
  Application1Business.jar  (EJB standalone module)<br />
  Application1Facade.jar  (EJB standalone module)<br />
  <br />
  Application2.ear<br />
    - Application2DAO.jar  (EJB module)<br />
    - Application2Business.jar  (EJB module)<br />
    - Application2Web.war<br /></p>
  
  <p>So, the application was divided in this way to achieve business rules.</p>
  
  <p>The Application1 EJB modules (DAO, Business and Facade) are deployed as standalone modules because Application2 use these EJBs too. </p>
  
  <p>Well, to achieve this in a Glassfish 3.1 Server, for all of these EJB modules I've separated the Local and Remote interfaces into API jars and put them into domain/lib folder.</p>
  
  <p>Now I have to do the same thing in a JBoss 6.0.0 Server. So, I've tried to put the API jars (Local and Remote interfaces) into server/default/lib but when I've tried to deploy Application1Business.jar, which has dependencies on Application1DAO.jar, the server throw an exception. Follow the stacktrace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>14:44:32,779 ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Real: name=vfs:///opt/javatools/jboss-6.0.0/server/default/deploy/ePublicBusiness.jar state=PreReal mode=Manual requiredState=Real: org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error during deploy: org.jboss.metadata.ejb.jboss.JBossEnterpriseBeanMetaData.UnidadeCentroCustoBusiness
  at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:185) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1832) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1550) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1571) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1491) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.change(DeployersImpl.java:1983) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:1076) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:679) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.deployers.MainDeployerPlugin.process(MainDeployerPlugin.java:106) [:6.0.0.Final]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileControllerContext$DelegateDeployer.process(ProfileControllerContext.java:143) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.deployment.hotdeploy.HDScanner$HDScanAction.deploy(HDScanner.java:240) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.deployment.hotdeploy.HDScanner$HDScanAction.complete(HDScanner.java:192) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.TwoPCActionWrapper.doComplete(TwoPCActionWrapper.java:57) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.actions.AbstractTwoPhaseModificationAction.complete(AbstractTwoPhaseModificationAction.java:74) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.actions.AbstractTwoPhaseModificationAction.prepare(AbstractTwoPhaseModificationAction.java:95) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.ModificationSession.prepare(ModificationSession.java:87) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.AbstractActionController.internalPerfom(AbstractActionController.java:234) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.AbstractActionController.performWrite(AbstractActionController.java:213) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.AbstractActionController.perform(AbstractActionController.java:150) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.management.AbstractActionController.perform(AbstractActionController.java:135) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.deployment.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:146) [:0.2.2]
  at org.jboss.profileservice.deployment.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:90) [:0.2.2]
  at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:204) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [:1.6.0_24]
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [:1.6.0_24]
  Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not resolve @EJB reference: [EJB Reference: beanInterface 'br.com.prescon.epublic.dao.UnidadeCentroCustoDAORemote', beanName 'null', mappedName 'null', lookupName 'null', owning unit 'ComponentDeploymentContext@322802193{org.jboss.metadata.ejb.jboss.JBossEnterpriseBeanMetaData.UnidadeCentroCustoBusiness}'] for environment entry: env/br.com.prescon.epublic.business.UnidadeCentroCustoBusiness/unidadeCentroCustoDAO in unit ComponentDeploymentContext@322802193{org.jboss.metadata.ejb.jboss.JBossEnterpriseBeanMetaData.UnidadeCentroCustoBusiness}
  at org.jboss.ejb3.jndi.deployers.resource.provider.AnnotatedEJBRefResourceProvider.provide(AnnotatedEJBRefResourceProvider.java:99) [:0.1.7]
  at org.jboss.ejb3.jndi.deployers.resource.provider.AnnotatedEJBRefResourceProvider.provide(AnnotatedEJBRefResourceProvider.java:50) [:0.1.7]
  at org.jboss.switchboard.mc.JndiEnvironmentProcessor.process(JndiEnvironmentProcessor.java:68) [:1.0.0-alpha-15]
  at org.jboss.switchboard.mc.deployer.AbstractSwitchBoardDeployer.process(AbstractSwitchBoardDeployer.java:119) [:1.0.0-alpha-15]
  at org.jboss.switchboard.mc.deployer.EJBEnvironmentSwitchBoardDeployer.internalDeploy(EJBEnvironmentSwitchBoardDeployer.java:87) [:1.0.0-alpha-15]
  at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) [:2.2.0.GA]
  at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) [:2.2.0.GA]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, my question is how can I achieve the same deploy structure that I have in Glassfish using JBoss?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>