Why can't you put in in WEB-INF/classes - you don't need to hot-deploy it do you? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103094#4103094 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4103094