Hi ,

while deployig a bean which is using a dependent class i get error.

 <EJB> Could not deploy: 'C:/weblogic/myserver/processpayment1.jar': file is not a valid jar file, or does not
 contain a valid bean

weblogic.ejb.common.DeploymentException: DeploymentException opening JAR file C:\weblogic\myserver\processpayment1.jar; nested exception is:
weblogic.ejb.deployment.JarLoadException - with nested exception:
[weblogic.ejb.common.DeploymentException: Problem creating deployment C:/weblogic/myserver/processpayment1.jar from C:\weblogic\myserver\processpayment1.jar; nested exception is:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/titan/processpayment/CreditCard]
weblogic.ejb.common.DeploymentException: Problem creating deployment C:/weblogic/myserver/processpayment1.jar from C:\weblogic\myserver\processpayment1.jar; nested exception is:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/titan/processpayment/CreditCard
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/titan/processpayment/CreditCard
at java.lang.Class.getMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Class.java:718)
at weblogic.ejb.deployment.dd.DeploymentUnit.initializeMethodInfos(DeploymentUnit.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarLoader.initializeMethodInfos(EJBJarLoader.java:126)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.setupJar(EJBJarDeployment.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.setup(EJBJarDeployment.java:211)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.setup(EJBJarDeployment.java:182)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.setup(EJBJarDeployment.java:164)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBDeploymentImpl.<init>(EJBDeploymentImpl.java:172)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.<init>(EJBJarDeployment.java:122)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBJarDeployment.<init>(EJBJarDeployment.java:112)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.deploy(EJBManagerImpl.java:305)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.deployBeans(EJBManagerImpl.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.<init>(EJBManagerImpl.java:242)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.start(T3Srvr.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.main(T3Srvr.java:825)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.Server.startServerDynamically(Server.java:99)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:65)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:55)
at weblogic.NTServiceHelper.run(NTServiceHelper.java:19)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
--------------- nested within: ------------------
weblogic.ejb.deployment.JarLoadException - with nested exception:
[weblogic.ejb.common.DeploymentException: Problem creating deployment C:/weblogic/myserver/processpayment1.jar from C:\weblogic\myserver\processpayment1.jar; nested exception is:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/titan/processpayment/CreditCard]
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.deploy(EJBManagerImpl.java:313)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.deployBeans(EJBManagerImpl.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.ejb.internal.EJBManagerImpl.<init>(EJBManagerImpl.java:242)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.start(T3Srvr.java, Compiled Code)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.main(T3Srvr.java:825)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.Server.startServerDynamically(Server.java:99)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:65)
at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:55)
at weblogic.NTServiceHelper.run(NTServiceHelper.java:19)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)

Even though in the Jar i can see the dependent class...Any help wld be appreciated ..

Thanks in advance
Rinku

hi rinku
dependent objects should be put in the <weblogic home>\classes folder
still u have problem let me know