Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/framework/deployment/ArchiveDeploymentImpl.java
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--- src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/framework/deployment/ArchiveDeploymentImpl.java	(revision 10006)
+++ src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/framework/deployment/ArchiveDeploymentImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.jboss.ws.core.utils.PathUtil;
 import org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.ArchiveDeployment;
 import org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.UnifiedVirtualFile;
 
@@ -123,29 +124,38 @@
          if (resourceURL == null && metadataFiles != null && !metadataFiles.isEmpty())
          {
             UnifiedVirtualFile vfResource = null;
-            for (Iterator<UnifiedVirtualFile> it = getMetadataFiles().iterator(); it.hasNext() && vfResource == null;)
+            for (UnifiedVirtualFile metadataFile : getMetadataFiles())
             {
-               UnifiedVirtualFile uvf = it.next();
-               URL wsdlUrl = uvf.toURL();
-               String wsdlPath = wsdlUrl.getPath();
+               URL metadataUrl = metadataFile.toURL();
+               String wsdlPath = metadataUrl.getPath();
                if (wsdlPath.startsWith("/"))
                   wsdlPath = wsdlPath.substring(1);
+               
+               resourcePath = PathUtil.handleRelativePath(resourcePath);
                if (resourcePath.equals(wsdlPath))
                {
-                  vfResource = uvf;
+                    vfResource = metadataFile;
+                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                   try
                   {
-                     vfResource = uvf.findChild(resourcePath);
+                     UnifiedVirtualFile child = metadataFile.findChild(resourcePath);
+                     if (child != null)
+                     {
+                         vfResource = child;
+                         break;
+                     }
                   }
                   catch (IOException e)
                   {
-                     log.debug("Cannot get " + resourcePath + " from " + uvf, e);
+                     log.debug("Cannot get " + resourcePath + " from " + metadataFile, e);
                   }
                }
+                
             }
+            
             if (vfResource == null)
                throw new IOException("Could not find " + resourcePath + " in the additional metadatafiles!");