"dml" wrote : | However this is done, it shouldn't use the host name field (recall the problems with vfsmemory URLs). | What was the vfsmemory problem again? Or what do you suggest - apart from the below idea? "dml" wrote : | Personally I think the best solution would be to have a global VFS location where bundles can be found by ID, e.g. file:///osgi/bundles/by-id/[id]/[path] in VFS3 or the equivalent in VFS2. | I don't think we should abuse file protocol too much. "thomas" wrote : | Resources could be shared by the bundle root VirtualFile, no? | Sure, but like I said, that's too specific detail. For some internal - cross-bundle - communication we should use bundles (actually its ids), and leave the impl details to framework. e.g. although this is not standard, osgi devs do use it quite a lot to find resources across bundles View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4265105#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...