Yeah, I though about it some more after my posts last night, and came to similar conclusions. I though it was more flexible, but like your clarification shows, that's the only way to do it. But thanks anyway for shedding some light on the subject. Basically, what I did, was what I was asking you in email - an example of some hacky classloading policy. ;-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4151333#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...