anonymous wrote : WEB-INF/conf/tm.xml This means that your tm.xml file is in youWar.war/WEB-INF/conf directory. So your code should look like: InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("WEB-INF/conf/tm.xml"); | | InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream) ; | | thidPartyLib.someAPI(inputStreamReader); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957632#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...