More in details, here is what I'd do: - add UnifiedVirtualFile getMetadataFile() and void setMetadataFile(UnifiedVirtualFile file) methods to the ArchiveDeployment (jbossws-spi) and the corresponding attribute and getter/setter implementations in ArchiveDeploymentImpl (jbossws-framework) - implement the logic for using that metadataFile in ArchiveDeploymentImpl getMetadataFileURL(..) - set the metadataFile in AbstractDeployerHook (AS5 container) newDeployment(DeploymentUnit unit) using the provided DeploymentUnit and the VirtualFileAdaptor from jboss-metadata Daniel, please let me know if you think this would address your issue, then we might synch on irc and do what needs to be done. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4225901#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...