Index: resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/server/servlet/ResteasyBootstrap.java
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--- resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/server/servlet/ResteasyBootstrap.java	(revision 996)
+++ resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/plugins/server/servlet/ResteasyBootstrap.java	(working copy)
@@ -124,17 +124,32 @@
 
       if (scanProviders || scanResources)
       {
+         logger.debug("Scanning...");
          if (applicationConfig != null)
             throw new RuntimeException("You cannot deploy a javax.ws.rs.core.Application and have scanning on as this may create errors");
 
          URL[] urls = WarUrlFinder.findWebInfLibClasspaths(event);
+         for (URL u : urls)
+         {
+            logger.debug("Scanning WEB-INF/lib/: " + u);
+         }
          URL url = WarUrlFinder.findWebInfClassesPath(event);
+         if (url != null) logger.debug("Scanning WEB-INF/classes at: " + url);
          AnnotationDB db = new AnnotationDB();
          String[] ignoredPackages = {"org.jboss.resteasy.plugins", "org.jboss.resteasy.annotations", "org.jboss.resteasy.client", "org.jboss.resteasy.specimpl", "org.jboss.resteasy.core", "org.jboss.resteasy.spi", "org.jboss.resteasy.util", "org.jboss.resteasy.mock", "javax.ws.rs"};
          db.setIgnoredPackages(ignoredPackages);
+
+         // only index class annotations as we don't want sub-resources being picked up in the scan
+         db.setScanClassAnnotations(true);
+         db.setScanFieldAnnotations(false);
+         db.setScanMethodAnnotations(false);
+         db.setScanParameterAnnotations(false);
          try
          {
-            if (url != null) db.scanArchives(url);
+            if (url != null)
+            {
+               db.scanArchives(url);
+            }
             db.scanArchives(urls);
             try
             {
@@ -299,6 +314,21 @@
       if (paths != null) classes.addAll(paths);
       for (String clazz : classes)
       {
+         Class cls = null;
+         try
+         {
+            // Ignore interfaces and subresource classes
+            // Scanning is different than other deployment methods
+            // in other deployment methods we don't want to ignore interfaces and subresources as they are
+            // application errors
+            cls = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(clazz.trim());
+            if (cls.isInterface()) continue;
+         }
+         catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
+         {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+         }
+
          logger.info("Adding scanned resource: " + clazz);
          deployment.getResourceClasses().add(clazz);
       }
Index: resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/spi/ResteasyDeployment.java
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--- resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/spi/ResteasyDeployment.java	(revision 996)
+++ resteasy-jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/spi/ResteasyDeployment.java	(working copy)
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -215,32 +215,40 @@
       {
          for (Class clazz : config.getClasses())
          {
-            if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(Path.class))
+            if (GetRestful.isRootResource(clazz))
             {
                logger.info("Adding class resource " + clazz.getName() + " from Application " + Application.class.getName());
                registry.addPerRequestResource(clazz);
             }
-            else
+            else if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(Provider.class))
             {
                logger.info("Adding class @Provider " + clazz.getName() + " from Application " + Application.class.getName());
                factory.registerProvider(clazz);
             }
+            else
+            {
+               throw new RuntimeException("Application.getClasses() returned unknown class type: " + clazz.getName());
+            }
          }
       }
       if (config.getSingletons() != null)
       {
          for (Object obj : config.getSingletons())
          {
-            if (obj.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(Path.class))
+            if (GetRestful.isRootResource(obj.getClass()))
             {
                logger.info("Adding singleton resource " + obj.getClass().getName() + " from Application " + Application.class.getName());
                registry.addSingletonResource(obj);
             }
-            else
+            else if (obj.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(Provider.class))
             {
                logger.info("Adding singleton @Provider " + obj.getClass().getName() + " from Application " + Application.class.getName());
                factory.registerProviderInstance(obj);
             }
+            else
+            {
+               throw new RuntimeException("Application.getSingletons() returned unknown class type: " + obj.getClass().getName());
+            }
          }
       }
    }
@@ -259,24 +267,6 @@
       providerFactory.registerProvider(provider);
    }
 
-   protected void processResource(String clazz)
-   {
-      Class resource = null;
-      try
-      {
-         resource = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(clazz.trim());
-      }
-      catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
-      {
-         throw new RuntimeException(e);
-      }
-      if (resource.isInterface()) return;
-      if (GetRestful.isRootResource(resource) == false) return;
-
-      System.out.println("FOUND JAX-RS resource: " + clazz);
-      registry.addPerRequestResource(resource);
-   }
-
    public String getApplicationClass()
    {
       return applicationClass;