It might not always work if the resource is nested, but then so wouldn't the original version with jar protocol handling. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225328#4225328 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4225328