3RC1-catalina invokeHome/classload prob

SourceForge Submitter: dward2 .
Operating System:
RedHat Linux 7.1, kernel 2.4.31-i386, windows, others.
JDK Version: 1.3.1_03, others

There is a problem with jboss-3.0.0RC1_tomcat-4.0.3
where including the home and remote (or local-home and
local) EJB interfaces in the WAR file causes a NPE
during
StatelessSessionContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invokeHome.

Removing the EJB interfaces from the WAR file causes
the problem to dissappear.

Not sure if this is a JBoss "unified classloader"
problem or a catalina servlet 2.3 classloader problem,
or a mix.

This problem does not happen with JBoss2.4 + catalina.

Lots of people have complained about this on the
email lists under different subject titles, but here is
a link to one as an example, which also includes a
stack trace:

http://www.mail-archive.com/jboss-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg15351.html

This bug is a killer for people who need to keep their
application bundles cross-appserver compatible.

Thanks!
David