MalformedURLException when using xmbean-dd

[newway]

hello,

I'm using JBOSS 4.2.3.GA

I have a sar inside an ear, so far my sar worked just fine and now I decided to XMbeanize it.

in the MET-INF folder of the SAR I have:

1. jboss-service.xml
2. MyService-xmbean.xml

in my jboss-service.xml I changed my mbean entry to look like this :

<mbean code="sample.MyService"
          name="sample:service= MyService"
          xmbean-dd="META-INF/MyService-xmbean.xml">
</mbean>

when I deploy my ear I get the following error:

Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: META-INF/MyService-xmbean.xml?

     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:567)

     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:464)

     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:413)

     at org.jboss.system.ServiceCreator.install(ServiceCreator.java:206)

     at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.internalInstall(ServiceConfigurator.java:451)

     at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.install(ServiceConfigurator.java:171)

     ... 34 more

any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[newway]

So, I found my problem.

I initially thought that the problem lies in the question mark

Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: META-INF/MyService-xmbean.xml?

and that it probably hide some unwanted characters so I tried pasting the text into notepad and such in order to see these characters and I didn't find anything.

I don't know what I did today that was different than before - but I found it.