JBoss 5 Beta 2 : won't even start with Java 6

We have been using Java 6 from May of 2007. Last week, I downloaded JBoss Beta 2 and it doesn't even want to start. Huh. I know it's still in Beta version.

Searched on Google and found the following entry in JBoss bug entry in their forums.

The solution they have is use JDK5. I can't switch back to JDK 5 wasting my 6 month effort working on Java 6. So switching back to Java 5 isn't my option.

Is JBoss going to fix this bug in their final release of JBoss 5? Any ideas?

Are you facing this problem? Did you find a workaround?

Here is the stack trace:

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JBoss Bootstrap Environment

JBOSS_HOME: C:\jboss-5.0.0

JAVA: C:\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin\java

JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=2
56m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600
000

CLASSPATH: C:\Java\jdk1.6.0\lib\tools.jar;C:\jboss-5.0.0\bin\run.jar

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15:09:10,733 INFO [ServerImpl] Starting JBoss (Microcontainer)...
15:09:10,748 INFO [ServerImpl] Release ID: JBoss [Morpheus] 5.0.0.Beta2 (build:
SVNTag=JBoss_5_0_0_Beta2 date=200704060017)
15:09:10,748 INFO [ServerImpl] Home Dir: C:\jboss-5.0.0
15:09:10,748 INFO [ServerImpl] Home URL: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0/
15:09:10,748 INFO [ServerImpl] Library URL: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0/lib/
15:09:10,764 INFO [ServerImpl] Patch URL: null
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Name: default
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Home Dir: C:\jboss-5.0.0\server\default
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Home URL: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0/server/def
ault/
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Data Dir: C:\jboss-5.0.0\server\default\d
ata
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Temp Dir: C:\jboss-5.0.0\server\default\t
mp
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Config URL: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0/server/d
efault/conf/
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Library URL: file:/C:/jboss-5.0.0/server/
default/lib/
15:09:10,779 INFO [ServerImpl] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
15:09:11,029 INFO [ServerImpl] Starting Microcontainer, bootstrapURL=file:/C:/j
boss-5.0.0/server/default/conf/bootstrap-beans.xml
15:09:16,623 INFO [ProfileImpl] Using profile root:C:\jboss-5.0.0\server\defaul
t
15:09:19,186 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Instantiated:
name=DeploymentFilter state=Described
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Class not found: [Ljava.lang.String;
at org.jboss.metadata.spi.signature.Signature.stringsToClasses(Signature
.java:174)
at org.jboss.metadata.spi.signature.Signature.stringsToClasses(Signature
.java:125)
at org.jboss.metadata.spi.signature.Signature.getParametersTypes(Signatu
re.java:292)
at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.loader.reflection.AnnotatedElementMetaData
Loader.getComponentMetaDataRetrieval(AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader.java:138)
at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.context.AbstractMetaDataContext.getCompone
ntMetaDataRetrieval(AbstractMetaDataContext.java:280)
at org.jboss.metadata.spi.retrieval.MetaDataRetrievalToMetaDataBridge.ge
tComponentMetaData(MetaDataRetrievalToMetaDataBridge.java:159)
at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.meth
odHasAnnotations(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:202)
at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.hasM
ethodMetaData(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:172)
at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.hasI
nstanceOrJoinpointMetaData(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:152)
at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.disp
atch(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:99)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dis
patchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:103)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstantiateAction.installActionIn
ternal(InstantiateAction.java:52)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.ins
tallAction(KernelControllerContextAction.java:197)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.ins
tall(KernelControllerContextAction.java:136)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install
(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(Abstra
ctControllerContext.java:233)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractContr
oller.java:724)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(Abstra
ctController.java:445)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(Abstr
actController.java:555)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(Abstr
actController.java:489)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractContr
oller.java:289)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractContr
oller.java:192)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBean
(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:302)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBean
s(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:272)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deploy(Abs
tractKernelDeployer.java:119)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.BasicKernelDeployer.deploy(BasicK
ernelDeployer.java:64)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.xml.BasicXMLDeployer.deploy(Basic
XMLDeployer.java:76)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.xml.BasicXMLDeployer.deploy(Basic
XMLDeployer.java:146)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.deploy
(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:295)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.bootst
rap(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:222)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap.run(AbstractBoot
strap.java:89)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.
java:403)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.ja
va:342)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:210)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:522)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: [Ljava.lang.String;
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
at org.jboss.metadata.spi.signature.Signature.stringsToClasses(Signature
.java:170)
... 35 more
15:09:20,420 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.6.0,Sun Microsystems Inc.
15:09:20,420 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0-b105,S
un Microsystems Inc.
15:09:20,420 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86
15:09:20,639 INFO [JMXKernel] Legacy JMX core initialized
Failed to boot JBoss:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception during Bootstrap
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap.run(AbstractBoot
strap.java:99)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.
java:403)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.ja
va:342)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:210)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:522)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.jboss.deployers.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of inc
omplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS):

*** CONTEXTS MISSING DEPENDENCIES: Name -> Dependency{Required State:Actual Stat
e}

VFSBootstrapScanner
-> DeploymentFilter{Configured:**ERROR**}

VFSDeployerScanner
-> DeploymentFilter{Configured:**ERROR**}

VFSDeploymentScanner
-> DeploymentFilter{Configured:**ERROR**}


*** CONTEXTS IN ERROR: Name -> Error

DeploymentFilter -> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: [Ljava.lang.String;


at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.checkI
ncomplete(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:389)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.bootst
rap(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:236)
at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap.run(AbstractBoot
strap.java:89)
... 5 more