VFS::init private static void init() { // If this doesn't work, hopefully the existing URLStreamHandlerFactory supports updates to the 'java.protocol.handler.pkgs' property. try { URL.setURLStreamHandlerFactory(new URLStreamHandlerFactory()); } catch (Throwable ignored) { log.warn("VFS was unable to set the URLStreamHandlerFactory. This will have unpredictable results"); } String pkgs = System.getProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs"); if (pkgs == null || pkgs.trim().length() == 0) { pkgs = "org.jboss.net.protocol|org.jboss.vfs.protocol"; System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", pkgs); } else if (pkgs.contains("org.jboss.vfs.protocol") == false) { if(pkgs.contains("org.jboss.net.protocol") == false) pkgs += "|org.jboss.net.protocol"; pkgs += "|org.jboss.vfs.protocol"; System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", pkgs); } } On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Dimitris Andreadis wrote: