Based upon the discussion at [1], creating a new issue. A zip of project is attached. Here is the complete Tomcat log: – cut here – cmd /c C:\testbed\apache-tomcat-5.5.20\bin\catalina.bat run Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\Documents and Settings\Arun\.IntelliJIdea60\system\tomcat_Unnamed_d0ba40d95 Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\testbed\apache-tomcat-5.5.20 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\testbed\apache-tomcat-5.5.20\temp Using JRE_HOME: C:\testbed\jdk1.5.0_10 Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\testbed\jdk1.5.0_10\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\testbed\apache-ant-1.6.5\bin;C:\Documents and Settings\Arun\bin;C:\testbed\jdk1.5.0_10\bin;C:\testbed\jwsdp-2.0\jwsdp-shared\bin;C:\adabas\bin;C:\adabas\pgm;C:\Program Files\CVSNT\ Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 844 ms Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.20 Jan 27, 2007 8:32:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener contextInitialized INFO: WSSERVLET12: JAX-WS context listener initializing Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener contextInitialized SEVERE: WSSERVLET11: failed to parse runtime descriptor: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.xml.ws.modeler.RuntimeModeler.processDocWrappedMethod(RuntimeModeler.java:541) at com.sun.xml.ws.modeler.RuntimeModeler.processMethod(RuntimeModeler.java:505) at com.sun.xml.ws.modeler.RuntimeModeler.processClass(RuntimeModeler.java:353) at com.sun.xml.ws.modeler.RuntimeModeler.buildRuntimeModel(RuntimeModeler.java:249) at com.sun.xml.ws.server.RuntimeEndpointInfo.createModel(RuntimeEndpointInfo.java:180) at com.sun.xml.ws.server.RuntimeEndpointInfo.init(RuntimeEndpointInfo.java:326) at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener.createModelAndMetadata(WSServletContextListener.java:203) at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener.contextInitialized(WSServletContextListener.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3763) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:608) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:535) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:470) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432) Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/hello] startup failed due to previous errors Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener contextDestroyed INFO: WSSERVLET13: JAX-WS context listener destroyed Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/31 config=null Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource Jan 27, 2007 8:32:49 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 1593 ms Connected to server – cut here – [1] http://www.intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=27&threadID=265479#5180987