Investigate why it is not possible to use the Filer API to load non class resources like The API throws a FilerException with the message "Illegal name /META-INF". The call is processingEnv.getFiler().getResource((StandardLocation.CLAS /META-INF/orm.xml --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: METAGEN-12 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/METAGEN-12 Project: Hibernate StaticMetamodel Generator Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik The API throws a FilerException with the message "Illegal name /META-INF". The call in question is: {code} processingEnv.getFiler().getResource((StandardLocation.CLASS_OUTPUT, "/META-INF", "orm.xml" ) {code} Currently we work around this by using {{Class.getResourceAsStream()}} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira