add implicit module dependency to configuration directory --------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-6931 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-6931 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Class Loading Affects Versions: 10.1.0.CR1 Reporter: Juergen Weber Assignee: David Lloyd Best practice for loading of property files is via classloading. Many applications try to load a custom properties file via class loading (e.g. Apache JSPWiki tries to load /jspwiki-custom.properties). With Tomcat, you simply drop property files into tomcat/lib. For Wildfly, you have to create a module and add a jboss-dependency.xml to the application: https://developer.jboss.org/wiki/HowToPutAnExternalFileInTheClasspath Wildfly should have resource folder which by default should be added to the classpath of all applications, i.e. should be an implicit dependency. At least one should be able to switch this on in standalone.xml The folder could be standalone/configuration.