"ALRubinger" wrote : | However, I could conceivably add classes as resources from elsewhere on the file system, and these are not covered under java.class.path. In that case, the bytes need to be copied and in memory within the virtual archive. | If you have a class instance, then putting its bytes in the VFS is a waste. If you don't have a class instance, then you have a very different API, that operates off of Files/URLs. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4243347#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...