"aslak" wrote : What if we drop the Asset all together and make a add method like: | | | archive.add(Path) | | @see DirectoryContainer, which has: container.addDirectory(Path); | container.addDirectories(Path...); | container.addDirectory(String); | container.addDirectories(String...); All spec archives types bring in DirectoryContainer support. "aslak" wrote : Path should then probably have a isDirectory method, checking if it ends with '/' seems to be common. Could add checks to other add methods so you can't add a Asset to a directory Path, can't get the Asset of a directory path etc.. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4269397#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...