I'd like to "patch" a dependency of my deployer by providing a replacement class earlier in the classloader than the original .jar. ie: | jboss-rails.deployer/ | jboss-rails.jar # includes my patched org.apache.cxf.staxutils.StaxUtils | cxf-commons.jar # includes the original version | Right now, I think my jboss-rails.jar comes after cxf-commons.jar, as my replacement class is not used. I'd like to ensure that my jar is first/earlier in the search process. I could probably "solve" this by naming my patch jar "aaaaa.jar" but that seems a little bit awkward. Don't focus on CXF vs jbossws. Being able to "hot patch" classes through classloader search-order control would be awesome, generally speaking. Thanks, -Bob View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4209244#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...