Maybe this is what you want: MyAppEjb.jar | | | | | |----- configuration.xml | | | | | |----- org | | | | | |--- myapp | | | | | | | |--- MyConfigurationReader.class | In your MyConfigurationReader.class (which reads the configuration.xml) you could do this: InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("configuration.xml"); | Then pass that inputStream to an xml parser. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4172955#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...