I have an application client set up to send a logging message over a bus using a logback JMSQueueAppender. Logback version is 0.9.24 and slf4j version is 1.6.1. This is running on a Websphere 7.0 server in Rational Application Developer 7.5. I've tested the bus and queue with a simple text message using the RAD Universal Test Client and that works fine, so at least the foundation is solid. When I log a message to the message queue, I wind up with the following stack trace under a wide variety of attempts: [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemOut O Exception CWSIA0122E: An exception occurred deserializing a message, exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEventVO. [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R javax.jms.MessageFormatException: CWSIA0122E: An exception occurred deserializing a message, exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEventVO. [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.api.jms.impl.JmsObjectMessageImpl.getObject( JmsObjectMessageImpl.java:277) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.csg.logger.mdb.NYCMLoggerMDB.handleMessage(NYCMLoggerMDB.java:45) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.csg.logger.mdb.NYCMLoggerMDB.onMessage(NYCMLoggerMDB.java:36) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ejs.container.MessageEndpointHandler.invokeMdbMethod( MessageEndpointHandler.java:1092) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ejs.container.MessageEndpointHandler.invoke( MessageEndpointHandler.java:777) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at $Proxy42.onMessage(Unknown Source) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.api.jmsra.impl.JmsJcaEndpointInvokerImpl.invokeEndpoint( JmsJcaEndpointInvokerImpl.java:233) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.ra.inbound.impl.SibRaDispatcher.dispatch( SibRaDispatcher.java:900) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.ra.inbound.impl.SibRaSingleProcessListener$SibRaWork.run( SibRaSingleProcessListener.java:550) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.work.WorkProxy.run(WorkProxy.java:399) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1550) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEventVO [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.lang.Class.forNameImpl(Native Method) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:136) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.WsObjectInputStream.loadClass(WsObjectInputStream.java:227 ) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.WsObjectInputStream.access$000(WsObjectInputStream.java:53 ) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.WsObjectInputStream$2.run(WsObjectInputStream.java:191) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged( AccessController.java:118) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.WsObjectInputStream.resolveClass( WsObjectInputStream.java:164) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.util.WsObjectInputStream.resolveClass( WsObjectInputStream.java:156) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1591) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1512) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1748) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1345) [8/11/10 14:44:16:223 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:364) [8/11/10 14:44:16:239 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.api.jms.impl.JmsObjectMessageImpl.getObjectInternal( JmsObjectMessageImpl.java:345) [8/11/10 14:44:16:239 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.sib.api.jms.impl.JmsObjectMessageImpl.getObject( JmsObjectMessageImpl.java:271) [8/11/10 14:44:16:239 EDT] 0000002b SystemErr R ... 10 more This always happens when trying to get the message object out of the message in the onMessage code in my message driven bean. For example, the stack dump was generated at the event = . . . line in the code below: if (msg instanceof ObjectMessage){ ObjectMessage objectMesssage = (ObjectMessage) msg; System.out.println("Got ObjectMessage"); event = (ILoggingEvent) objectMesssage.getObject(); } I have the logback classic jar on my classpath successfully because I use a number of other classes from it in my code. If anyone can help with this, I would appreciate it. I can provide additional information as needed. Thanks, Merritt Derr ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*** This email and any attachments to it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.