The exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.getInterfaces(StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.java:74)
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.BaseStatelessProxyFactory.init(BaseStatelessProxyFactory.java:172)
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.init(StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.java:100)
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.BaseStatelessProxyFactory.start(BaseStatelessProxyFactory.java:221)
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.start(StatelessRemoteProxyFactory.java:107)
at org.jboss.ejb3.ProxyDeployer.start(ProxyDeployer.java:83)
at org.jboss.ejb3.SessionContainer.start(SessionContainer.java:124)
at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.start(StatelessContainer.java:94)

The bean that get's deployed:

package com.sun.ts.tests.webservices12.ejb.annotations.WSEjbPortFieldInjectionTest;

import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.jws.WebService;

@WebService(
portName="Hello",
serviceName="HelloService",
targetNamespace="http://Hello.org",
wsdlLocation="META-INF/wsdl/HelloService.wsdl",
endpointInterface="com.sun.ts.tests.webservices12.ejb.annotations.WSEjbPortFieldInjectionTest.Hello")
@Stateless(name="WSEjbPortFieldInjectionTest")
public class HelloBean {

public String hello(String str)

{ return "WebSvcTest-Hello " + str; }

public String bye(String str)

{ return "WebSvcTest-Bye and take care " + str; }

}

The spec:

Session bean's business interface(s), if the session bean provides an EJB 3.0 local or remote
client view.