JBoss EAP 7 exclude webservices subsystem gives NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link...

In Jboss EAP7 I have added cxf maven dependencies in pom.xml and excluded webservices subsystem in jboss-deployment-structure.xml since want to use my own version of cxf defined in pom.xml. But get below exception during server start up-

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException: Invalid NamespaceHandler class [org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.NamespaceHandler] for namespace [http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws]: problem with handler class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link org/apache/cxf/jaxws/spring/EndpointDefinitionParser$SpringEndpointImpl (Module "deployment.SomeApplication.war:main" from Service Module Loader): Failed to link org/apache/cxf/jaxws/EndpointImpl (Module "deployment.SomeApplication.war:main" from Service Module Loader): javax/xml/ws/Endpoint
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.resolve(DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.java:140)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1406)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1401)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:168)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.doRegisterBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:138)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:94)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:508)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:392)
... 23 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link org/apache/cxf/jaxws/spring/EndpointDefinitionParser$SpringEndpointImpl (Module "deployment.SomeApplication.war:main" from Service Module Loader): Failed to link org/apache/cxf/jaxws/EndpointImpl (Module "deployment.SomeApplication.war:main" from Service Module Loader): javax/xml/ws/Endpoint
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:446)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:274)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:78)
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:605)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:190)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:363)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:351)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:93)
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.EndpointDefinitionParser.<clinit>(EndpointDefinitionParser.java:53)
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.NamespaceHandler.init(NamespaceHandler.java:36)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.resolve(DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.java:131)
... 30 more


pom.xml

<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-rs-client</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>


jboss-deployment-structure.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
...
</dependencies>
<exclude-subsystems>
<subsystem name="jaxrs" />
<subsystem name="webservices" />
<subsystem name="logging" />
</exclude-subsystems>
</deployment>



Update: Installed Spring module in JBoss and updated jboss-deployment-structure.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-deployment-structure>
<deployment>
<dependencies>
<!-- Picket link configuration -->
<module name="org.picketlink" services="import"/>
<module name="org.springframework.spring" export="true" meta-inf="export"/>
<module name="org.apache.cxf" export="true" />
<module name="org.apache.cxf.impl" export="true" />
</dependencies>
<exclude-subsystems>
<subsystem name="jaxrs" />
<subsystem name="webservices" />
<subsystem name="weld" />
</exclude-subsystems>
</deployment>
</jboss-deployment-structure>


Now see below error-

17:04:02,317 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-8)

MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."abc_code_formatting.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."abc_code_formatting.war".POST_MODULE: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of deployment "abc_code_formatting.war"
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:154)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1948)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1881)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link org/apache/cxf/transport/servlet/CXFServlet (Module "org.apache.cxf.impl:main" from local module loader @116af24 (finder: local module finder @e82894 (roots: D:\tools\jboss-eap-7.0.2\modules,D:\tools\jboss-eap-7.0.2\modules\system\layers\base\.overlays\layer-base-jboss-eap-7.0.2.CP,D:\tools\jboss-eap-7.0.2\modules\system\layers\base))): org/springframework/context/ApplicationListener
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:446)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:274)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:78)
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:605)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:190)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:363)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:351)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:93)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
at org.jboss.as.ee.utils.ClassLoadingUtils.loadClass(ClassLoadingUtils.java:21)
at org.jboss.as.ee.utils.ClassLoadingUtils.loadClass(ClassLoadingUtils.java:14)
at org.jboss.as.ee.component.deployers.InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.processComponentConfig(InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.java:84)
at org.jboss.as.ee.component.deployers.InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.deploy(InterceptorAnnotationProcessor.java:76)
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:147)
... 5 more

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