Exploding vfsmemory:// contents is empty for web deployments ------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBAS-7100 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-7100 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Web (Tomcat) service Reporter: Andrew Lee Rubinger Assignee: Andrew Lee Rubinger Fix For: JBossAS-5.2.0.Beta1, JBossAS-6.0.0.Alpha1 The following patch addresses this: [alrubinger@localhost Branch_5_x]$ svn di server/ When using an in-memory archive backed by VFS, we're using an "unjar"; this leaves out any RAM-backed resources. Instead explode the contents, regardless of what's behind the virtual abstraction: Index: server/src/main/org/jboss/web/deployers/AbstractWarDeployer.java =================================================================== --- server/src/main/org/jboss/web/deployers/AbstractWarDeployer.java (revision 91204) +++ server/src/main/org/jboss/web/deployers/AbstractWarDeployer.java (working copy) -357,7 +357,7 @@ VFSDeploymentUnit vfsUnit = (VFSDeploymentUnit)unit; VirtualFile root = vfsUnit.getRoot(); - VirtualFile unjared = VFSUtils.unjar(root); + VirtualFile unjared = VFSUtils.explode(root); // file was not unjared yet if (root != unjared) { This was exposed by prototyping in EMB-32.