java.lang.ClassNotFoundException : org.glassfish.external.amx.AMXGlassfish

Problem

Deploying a JAX-WS web service on Tomcat, hits following error message :

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 
	org.glassfish.external.amx.AMXGlassfish

Solution

The JAX-WS dependency library “management-api.jar” is missing.

1. Go here http://jax-ws.java.net/.
2. Download JAX-WS RI distribution.
3. Unzip it and copy “management-api.jar” to Tomcat library folder “{$TOMCAT}/lib“.
4. Restart Tomcat.