Concerning this code: BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new | InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(fileName))); If you passed /config.xml, I believe that it will attempt to read config.xml from the base directory of the file system. You could verify this by adding this line earlier: System.out.println(new File(fileName).getAbsolutePath()); If you would have passed the name "config.xml" instead (no leading slash), it would look for the file in jboss_home/bin (which is the current working directory). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4180067#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...