javax.servlet.ServletContextListener contextDestroyed method fails

I have implemented a javax.servlet.ServletContextListener. I have created a contextInitialized method that simply returns b/c there is nothing I want to do during startup. However, I do want to ensure that all resources, such as loggers and a custom connection pool are closed in the contextDestroyed method.

However, I get the following exception in my contextDestoyed method:
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextEvent
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] at MyServletContextListener.contextDestroyed(MyServletContextListener.java:43)
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:3710)
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4283)
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.destroy(ContainerBase.java:1131)
2006-03-31 10:58:34,534 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.destroy(StandardContext.java:4358)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:157)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:88)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:357)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:68)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:46)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:274)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:230)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:943)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:428)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at $Proxy30.start(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:400)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor98.invoke(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,031 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:118)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:127)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:80)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at $Proxy31.start(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:989)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:790)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:753)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor46.invoke(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:118)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:127)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:319)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:507)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:192)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:203)
2006-03-31 10:58:40,047 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:182)

My contextInitialized method is:
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce)

The problems goes away If I add the following to my contextInitialized method:
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce)

However, I get a different exception if I have not attempted to access my web application:
11:06:53,285 WARN [WebappClassLoader] Failed to open JAR
java.util.zip.ZipException: The system cannot find the path specified
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:203)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:132)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:97)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.openJARs(WebappClassLoader.java:1544)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findResourceInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1763)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1570)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:850)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1299)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1181)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
at MYServletContextListener.contextDestroyed(MYServletContextListener.java:43)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:3710)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4283)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.destroy(ContainerBase.java:1131)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.destroy(StandardContext.java:4358)
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.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:150)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:157)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:88)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:357)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:68)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:46)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:274)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:230)
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.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:943)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:428)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy30.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:400)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor98.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:118)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:127)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy31.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:989)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:790)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:753)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor46.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:118)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:127)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176)
at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:319)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:507)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:192)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:203)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:182)

If I access my application, then the contextDestroyed method completes successfully. I believe this problem is caused b/c I have not loaded any of these classes if I don't call the ServletContextEvent in my contextInitialized method and if I don't load the classes for my application.
These are my classloading configuration in jboss-service.xml for tomcat:

<attribute name="Java2ClassLoadingCompliance">false</attribute>
<attribute name="UseJBossWebLoader">false</attribute>