JBoss SeamAction: Could not instantiate Seam component. NEED HELP

Olá pessoal!

Eu estou a criar uma web application com a framework JBoss Seam e estou com problemas a criar uma Seam Action. Estou a utilizar o Eclipse 3.4 Ganymed, o servidor aplicacional JBoss AS 4.2.3 e o JBoss Seam 2.1.1. Como meio de deployment estou a utilizar WAR file. Utilizei os JBoss Tools para criar o projecto e criei a action Ping que o manual de referencia diz para criar. E correu tudo direitinho Mas como eu queria utilizar a Action para persistir dados, acrescentei a anotação “@Stateless” para poder utilizar o EntityManager para poder persistir uma Entity.

@Stateless
@Name("ping")
public class Ping implements IPing { .... }
@Local
public interface IPing {....}

quando faço isso recebo a seguinte excepção:

23:21:31,545 WARN [lifecycle] Could not instantiate Seam component: ping org.jboss.seam.InstantiationException: Could not instantiate Seam
component: ping at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:2106) at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1988) at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1950) at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1944) at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:55) at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:50) at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.resolveBase(SeamELResolver.java:166) at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.getValue(SeamELResolver.java:53) at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:53) at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:72) at org.jboss.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:44) at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(AstValue.java:34) at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:95) at org.jboss.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) at com.sun.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:68) at javax.faces.component.MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.invoke(MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.java:88) at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:102) at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:387) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:321) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:296) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:253) at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:466) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:82) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100) at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83) at org.jboss.seam.web.IdentityFilter.doFilter(IdentityFilter.java:40) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:90) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:177) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:267) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:380) at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:507) at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:56) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.web.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:53) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69) at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:182) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:432) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Ping not bound at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:529) at
org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:537) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:543) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:267) at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:667) at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627) at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiateSessionBean(Component.java:1367) at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiate(Component.java:1331) at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:2084) ... 66 more

Alquem sabe o que poderá ser? estou sem pistas e passei o dia todo a tentar entender o que se passa, mas sem exito

persistence.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Persistence deployment descriptor for dev profile -->
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" 
             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
             xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd" 
             version="1.0">
             
   <persistence-unit name="helloworld" transaction-type="JTA">
      <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
      <jta-data-source>java:/helloworldDatasource</jta-data-source>
      <properties>
         <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.ProgressDialect"/>
         <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update"/>
         <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true"/>
         <property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true"/>
         <property name="hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class" value="org.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup"/>
      </properties>
   </persistence-unit>
    
</persistence>

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
  <display-name>helloworld</display-name>
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.seam</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
    <param-value>blueSky</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener</listener-class>
  </listener>
  <filter>
    <filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter</filter-class>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamResourceServlet</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/seam/resource/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
    <param-value>true</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
    <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <security-constraint>
    <display-name>Restrict raw XHTML Documents</display-name>
    <web-resource-collection>
      <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name>
      <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </web-resource-collection>
    <auth-constraint/>
  </security-constraint>
</web-app>

components.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<components xmlns="http://jboss.com/products/seam/components"
            xmlns:core="http://jboss.com/products/seam/core"
            xmlns:persistence="http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence"
            xmlns:drools="http://jboss.com/products/seam/drools"
            xmlns:bpm="http://jboss.com/products/seam/bpm"
            xmlns:security="http://jboss.com/products/seam/security"
            xmlns:mail="http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xsi:schemaLocation=
                "http://jboss.com/products/seam/core http://jboss.com/products/seam/core-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/drools http://jboss.com/products/seam/drools-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/bpm http://jboss.com/products/seam/bpm-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/security http://jboss.com/products/seam/security-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail-2.1.xsd
                 http://jboss.com/products/seam/components http://jboss.com/products/seam/components-2.1.xsd">

   <core:init debug="true" jndi-pattern="@jndiPattern@"/>

   <component name="org.jboss.seam.debug.hotDeployFilter">
      <property name="urlPattern">*.seam</property>
   </component>

   <core:manager concurrent-request-timeout="500"
                 conversation-timeout="120000"
                 conversation-id-parameter="cid"
                 parent-conversation-id-parameter="pid"/>

   <persistence:managed-persistence-context name="entityManager"
                                     auto-create="true"
                          entity-manager-factory="#{helloworldEntityManagerFactory}"/>

   <persistence:entity-manager-factory name="helloworldEntityManagerFactory"
                      persistence-unit-name="helloworld"/>

   <drools:rule-base name="securityRules">
      <drools:rule-files><value>/security.drl</value></drools:rule-files>
   </drools:rule-base>

   <security:rule-based-permission-resolver security-rules="#{securityRules}"/>

   <security:identity authenticate-method="#{authenticator.authenticate}" remember-me="true"/>

   <event type="org.jboss.seam.security.notLoggedIn">
      <action execute="#{redirect.captureCurrentView}"/>
   </event>
   <event type="org.jboss.seam.security.loginSuccessful">
      <action execute="#{redirect.returnToCapturedView}"/>
   </event>

   <mail:mail-session host="localhost" port="2525" username="test" password="test" />

   <!-- For use with jBPM pageflow or process management -->
   <!--
   <bpm:jbpm>
      <bpm:process-definitions></bpm:process-definitions>
      <bpm:pageflow-definitions></bpm:pageflow-definitions>
   </bpm:jbpm>
   -->

</components>

faces-config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<faces-config
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_1_2.xsd"
    version="1.2">
	<application>
		<view-handler>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</view-handler>
		<locale-config>
			<default-locale>en</default-locale>
			<supported-locale>bg</supported-locale>
			<supported-locale>de</supported-locale>
			<supported-locale>en</supported-locale>
			<supported-locale>fr</supported-locale>
			<supported-locale>tr</supported-locale>
		</locale-config>
	</application>

</faces-config>

Muito obrigado pessoal

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–marco santos