Exception while deploying a statelesssession bean jar file in weblogic 8.1

[madupathi arun]

Exception:weblogic.management.ApplicationException: Prepare failed. ]The XML parser encountered an error in your deployment descriptor. Please ensure that your DOCTYPE is correct. You may wish to compare your deployment descriptors with the WebLogic Server examples to ensure the format is correct. The error was: XML document does not appear to contain a properly formed DOCTYPE header. .

can anybody help me on this

[Christophe Verré]

Your deployment descriptor is not written properly. The DOCTYPE headers for all deployment descriptors can be found here.