I played around with how we could impl descriptors into the archives last night.. Basicly; - a WebArchiveDescriptor IF with methods like addFilter, addServlet etc. - a JAXB based WebArchiveDescriptorAsset that handles the web.xml struct. - the WebContainer extends WebArchiveDescriptor - the WebArchiveDescriptorAsset is added to path WEB-INF/web.xml in the constructor of WebContainerBase. - WebContainerBase impls WebArchiveDescriptor as a 'double' delegate, delegate the servlet/filter/listener classes to the Archive and the configuration to the WebArchiveDescriptorAsset. Have look at the impl, http://shrinkwrap.pastebin.com/m37e1ccc6. A example usage testcase, http://shrinkwrap.pastebin.com/m19df310e. And the web.xml output: http://shrinkwrap.pastebin.com/m55b0fec3. What you think? (ps: and yes, I do realize that this is probably not a priority for v. 0.1 :o) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4257253#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...