When trying to deploy an EJB3 with a WebService endpoint and the property wsdlLocation set, the WSDLPublisher fails to publish schema imports if they contain relative paths.
For example, in the method "publishSchemaImports", if the variable "resourcePath" used in the statement "URL resourceURL = dep.getMetaDataFileURL(resourcePath);" resolves to "META-INF/wsdl/schemas/NE2006/multicacheschemas/../coreschemas/infrastructureRoot.xsd", there will be a java.io.FileNotFoundExeception is thrown:

org.jboss.ws.WSException: Cannot publish wsdl to: G:\Servidores\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\data\wsdl\hl7-service-patient-administration-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar\PRPA_AR101001UV01
.wsdl
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishWsdlFiles(WSDLFilePublisher.java:149)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.PublishContractDeploymentAspect.start(PublishContractDeploymentAspect.java:51)
at org.jboss.wsf.framework.deployment.DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.start(DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.java:144)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.LazyAssemblyWSFRuntime.start(LazyAssemblyWSFRuntime.java:66)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.AbstractDeployerHookEJB.deploy(AbstractDeployerHookEJB.java:50)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.start(DeployerInterceptor.java:88)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.start(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:188)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:95)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy34.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor20.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:634)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:336)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:304)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:766)
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:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:508)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot get URL for: META-INF/wsdl/schemas/NE2006/multicacheschemas/../coreschemas/infrastructureRoot.xsd
at org.jboss.wsf.common.URLLoaderAdapter.findChild(URLLoaderAdapter.java:103)
at org.jboss.wsf.framework.deployment.ArchiveDeploymentImpl.getMetaDataFileURL(ArchiveDeploymentImpl.java:97)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishSchemaImports(WSDLFilePublisher.java:274)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishSchemaImports(WSDLFilePublisher.java:297)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishSchemaImports(WSDLFilePublisher.java:303)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishSchemaImports(WSDLFilePublisher.java:303)
at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.WSDLFilePublisher.publishWsdlFiles(WSDLFilePublisher.java:136)
... 79 more

If we replace the "resourcePath" with the canonical form, this error disappears.

As a solution, I've replaced the following code:

private void publishSchemaImports(URL parentURL, Element element, List<String> published) throws Exception
{
....
while (it.hasNext())
{
....
URL xsdURL = new URL(baseURI.substring(0, baseURI.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + schemaLocation);
File targetFile = new File(xsdURL.getPath());
targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
String deploymentName = dep.getCanonicalName();
// get the resource path including the separator
int index = baseURI.indexOf(deploymentName) + 1;
String resourcePath = baseURI.substring(index + deploymentName.length());
//check for sub-directories
resourcePath = resourcePath.substring(0, resourcePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

resourcePath = expLocation + resourcePath + schemaLocation;

while (resourcePath.indexOf("//") != -1)

{ resourcePath = resourcePath.replace("//", "/"); }

URL resourceURL = dep.getMetaDataFileURL(resourcePath);
.....
}
....
}

with this one:

private void publishSchemaImports(URL parentURL, Element element, List<String> published) throws Exception
{
....
while (it.hasNext())

{ .... URL xsdURL = new URL(baseURI.substring(0, baseURI.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + schemaLocation); File targetFile = new File(xsdURL.getPath()); targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs(); String deploymentName = dep.getCanonicalName(); // get the resource path including the separator int index = baseURI.indexOf(deploymentName) + 1; String resourcePath = baseURI.substring(index + deploymentName.length()); //check for sub-directories resourcePath = resourcePath.substring(0, resourcePath.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); resourcePath = expLocation + resourcePath + schemaLocation; URI resourceURI = new URI(resourcePath); URI resourceURI2 = resourceURI.resolve(""); resourcePath = resourceURI2.toString()+resourceURI2.relativize(resourceURI).toString(); URL resourceURL = dep.getMetaDataFileURL(resourcePath); ... }

}