Same problem here. My packaging is as follows:
EAR -> application.xml and some library jars
WAR -> web app
EJB -> EJB 3.0 Session Beans
Entity.JAR -> Entity Classes, persistence.xml and orm.xml
Is the problem related to packaging entity classes in its own jar?
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