Application property files outside the ear file - cannot deploy

Originally described in http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=62325 and posted as bug after support advice.

Simplified example:
F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\server\default\deploy\hallo
-Hallo.properties
-hallo.ear
--hallo.jar
--hallo.war

Hallo.jar contains a Local home, Local EJB interface and the EJB bean for HalloEJB that has a single method that looks up a String in the resource bundle:

public String sayHallo()

{ return java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("Hallo").getString("halloText"); }

As already mentioned in jboss-3.2.1_tomcat-4.1.24 this deployment produces the expected result.

Server trace follows(load + attempt to access the bundle):

===============================================================================
.
JBoss Bootstrap Environment
.
JBOSS_HOME: F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\bin
..
.
JAVA: F:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\bin\java
.
JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -Xms128m -Xmx512m
.
CLASSPATH: F:\j2sdk1.4.2_01\lib\tools.jar;F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\bin
run.jar
.
===============================================================================
.
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)...
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Zion] 4.0.1sp1 (build: CVSTag=JBoss_4_0_1_SP1 date=20
0502160314)
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Home Dir: F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Library URL: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/lib/
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Server Name: default
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\server\default
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/
11:44:08,031 INFO [Server] Server Data Dir: F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\server\default\data
11:44:08,046 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: F:\newServers\jboss-4.0.1sp1\server\default\tmp
11:44:08,046 INFO [Server] Server Config URL: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/con
f/
11:44:08,046 INFO [Server] Server Library URL: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/li
b/
11:44:08,046 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
11:44:08,046 INFO [Server] Starting General Purpose Architecture (GPA)...
11:44:08,750 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.4.2_01,Sun Microsystems Inc.
11:44:08,750 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.4.2_01-b06,Sun Microsystems In
c.
11:44:08,750 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows 2000 5.0,x86
11:44:09,484 INFO [Server] Core system initialized
11:44:12,078 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:log4j.xml
11:44:12,390 INFO [WebService] Using RMI server codebase: http://nablant:8083/
11:44:12,562 INFO [NamingService] Started jndi bootstrap jnpPort=1099, rmiPort=1098, backlog=50, bi
ndAddress=/0.0.0.0, Client SocketFactory=null, Server SocketFactory=org.jboss.net.sockets.DefaultSoc
ketFactory@ad093076
11:44:38,015 INFO [Embedded] Catalina naming disabled
11:44:38,796 INFO [Http11Protocol] Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-0.0.0.0-8080
11:44:38,859 INFO [Catalina] Initialization processed in 750 ms
11:44:38,859 INFO [StandardService] Starting service jboss.web
11:44:38,859 INFO [StandardEngine] Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.0.28
11:44:38,906 INFO [StandardHost] XML validation disabled
11:44:38,921 INFO [Catalina] Server startup in 62 ms
11:44:39,109 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/invoker, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1
sp1/server/default/deploy/http-invoker.sar/invoker.war/
11:44:40,281 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/ws4ee, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp
1/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp38748jboss-ws4ee-exp.war/
11:44:40,515 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/ser
ver/default/deploy/jbossweb-tomcat50.sar/ROOT.war/
11:44:40,796 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/jbossmq-httpil, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jbos
s-4.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/jms/jbossmq-httpil.sar/jbossmq-httpil.war/
11:44:47,796 INFO [MailService] Mail Service bound to java:/Mail
11:44:48,531 INFO [RARDeployment] Required license terms exist view the META-INF/ra.xml: file:/F:/n
ewServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/jboss-local-jdbc.rar
11:44:48,812 INFO [RARDeployment] Required license terms exist view the META-INF/ra.xml: file:/F:/n
ewServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/jboss-xa-jdbc.rar
11:44:49,328 INFO [RARDeployment] Required license terms exist view the META-INF/ra.xml: file:/F:/n
ewServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/jms/jms-ra.rar
11:44:49,578 INFO [RARDeployment] Required license terms exist view the META-INF/ra.xml: file:/F:/n
ewServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/mail-ra.rar
11:44:50,796 INFO [WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for Conn
ectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=DefaultDS,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:DefaultDS'
11:44:50,843 WARN [ConfiguredIdentityLoginModule] Creating LoginModule with no configured password!

11:44:51,703 INFO [A] Bound to JNDI name: queue/A
11:44:51,703 INFO [B] Bound to JNDI name: queue/B
11:44:51,718 INFO [C] Bound to JNDI name: queue/C
11:44:51,718 INFO [D] Bound to JNDI name: queue/D
11:44:51,718 INFO [ex] Bound to JNDI name: queue/ex
11:44:51,765 INFO [testTopic] Bound to JNDI name: topic/testTopic
11:44:51,765 INFO [securedTopic] Bound to JNDI name: topic/securedTopic
11:44:51,765 INFO [testDurableTopic] Bound to JNDI name: topic/testDurableTopic
11:44:51,781 INFO [testQueue] Bound to JNDI name: queue/testQueue
11:44:51,859 INFO [UILServerILService] JBossMQ UIL service available at : /0.0.0.0:8093
11:44:51,937 INFO [DLQ] Bound to JNDI name: queue/DLQ
11:44:52,203 INFO [ConnectionFactoryBindingService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter f
or ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=JmsXA,service=ConnectionFactoryBinding to JNDI name 'java:JmsXA
'
11:44:52,546 INFO [WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for Conn
ectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=dfactDS,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:dfactDS'
11:44:52,625 INFO [WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for Conn
ectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=securityDS,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:securityDS'
11:44:52,687 INFO [WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for Conn
ectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=tyco,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:tyco'
11:44:52,718 INFO [WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for Conn
ectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=catalogue,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:catalogue'
11:44:52,812 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/jmx-console, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4
.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/jmx-console.war/
11:44:53,156 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/web-console, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4
.0.1sp1/server/default/deploy/management/web-console.war/
11:44:53,890 INFO [EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/de
fault/deploy/hallo/hallo.ear
11:44:54,203 INFO [EjbModule] Deploying HalloEJB
11:44:54,390 INFO [EJBDeployer] Deployed: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server/default/tmp/dep
loy/tmp38800hallo.ear-contents/hallo.jar
11:44:54,468 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/hallo, warUrl=file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp
1/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp38800hallo.ear-contents/hallo-exp.war/
11:44:54,625 INFO [EARDeployer] Started J2EE application: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/server
/default/deploy/hallo/hallo.ear
11:44:54,625 WARN [JARDeployer] Failed to add deployable jar: file:/F:/newServers/jboss-4.0.1sp1/se
rver/default/tmp/deploy/tmp38801Hallo.properties
java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:127)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:65)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerSupport.processNestedDeployments(SubDeployerSupport.java:
285)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerSupport.init(SubDeployerSupport.java:183)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.init(MainDeployer.java:828)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:765)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:738)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor48.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:122)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterce
ptor.java:131)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:305)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:481)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeplo
ymentScanner.java:204)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentSca
nner.java:277)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:272)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:222)

at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:891)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:416)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor10.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:261)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:964)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:775)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:738)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:722)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:144)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:122)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterce
ptor.java:131)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:249)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:177)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:413)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:310)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:162)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:423)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
11:44:55,031 INFO [Http11Protocol] Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-0.0.0.0-8080
11:44:55,109 INFO [ChannelSocket] JK2: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
11:44:55,109 INFO [JkMain] Jk running ID=0 time=0/31 config=null
11:44:55,125 INFO [Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [4.0.1sp1 (build: CVSTag=JBoss_4_0_1_SP1 date=200
502160314)] Started in 46s:813ms
11:45:08,078 ERROR [LogInterceptor] RuntimeException in method: public abstract java.lang.String com
.nbl.ejb.HalloEJB.sayHallo():
java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name Hallo, locale en_US
at java.util.ResourceBundle.throwMissingResourceException(ResourceBundle.java:804)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundleImpl(ResourceBundle.java:773)
at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:511)
at com.nbl.ejb.HalloEJBBean.sayHallo(HalloEJBBean.java:17)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.jboss.invocation.Invocation.performCall(Invocation.java:345)
at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionConta
iner.java:214)
at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionInterceptor.invoke(CachedConnectionI
nterceptor.java:185)
at org.jboss.webservice.server.ServiceEndpointInterceptor.invoke(ServiceEndpointInterceptor.
java:51)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CallValidationInterceptor.invoke(CallValidationInterceptor.java:48)

at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptor.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptor.java:105)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.java:1
53)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorBMT.invoke(TxInterceptorBMT.java:62)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInstance
Interceptor.java:113)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:122)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LogInterceptor.invoke(LogInterceptor.java:192)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.invoke(ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.
java:122)
at org.jboss.ejb.SessionContainer.internalInvoke(SessionContainer.java:624)
at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:870)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.local.BaseLocalProxyFactory.invoke(BaseLocalProxyFactory.java:413)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.local.StatelessSessionProxy.invoke(StatelessSessionProxy.java:82)
at $Proxy51.sayHallo(Unknown Source)
at com.nbl.ejb.Creator.sayHello(Creator.java:19)
at org.apache.jsp.Hallo_jsp._jspService(Hallo_jsp.java:44)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:94)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:324)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.j
ava:237)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)

at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:75)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.j
ava:186)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:19
8)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:66)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.ja
va:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:54)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11P
rotocol.java:705)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)