"thomas.diesler(a)jboss.com" wrote : | Accessing a resources across bundles, you could do | | | | sysContext.getBundle(someId).getResource("/some-resource.txt") | | | | The return could be a VFS URL. I still don't quite understand the benefit of introducing/using an alternative URL representation. | | Do you have a specific use case in mind, that you could present here? 1) You're using code, not URL or plain string. Users != no OSGi api 2) With direct VFS usage, you're by-passing restrictions enforced by bundles With bundle:// approach, we handle both cases properly. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4265112#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...