title: Websphere Application Server 6.0.2 not accepting xml file in shared libraries
body: <p>I am on WAS 6.0.2. I need an XML file in classpath for one of my applications.</p>
  
  <p>Taking help from this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/427837/how-do-i-manage-the-classpath-in-websphere">post</a> , I've configured Shared Library "common" with node scope. The shared library has the following entry.</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\WebSphere\AppServer\CommonLibs\Config.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I then associated the shared libary with my application. When I run the server, I see the following in the log.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[2/10/11 7:36:13:614 EST] 00000017 CompoundClass E   WSVR0120E: An error occurred processing 
  C:\WebSphere\AppServer\CommonLibs\Config.xml
  java.util.zip.ZipException: Error opening zip file     
  C:\WebSphere\AppServer\CommonLibs\Config.xml
  at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
  at java.util.zip.ZipFile.&lt;init&gt;(ZipFile.java:140)
  at java.util.jar.JarFile.&lt;init&gt;(JarFile.java:160)
  at java.util.jar.JarFile.&lt;init&gt;(JarFile.java:98)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.SinglePathClassProvider.buildContentsCache(SinglePathClassProvider.java:557)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.SinglePathClassProvider.&lt;init&gt;(SinglePathClassProvider.java:99)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.SinglePathClassProvider.create(SinglePathClassProvider.java:123)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.CompoundClassLoader.addPaths(CompoundClassLoader.java:234)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.JarClassLoader.addPaths(JarClassLoader.java:101)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ClassGraph.createClassLoaders(ClassGraph.java:472)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ClassGraph.calculate(ClassGraph.java:214)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ClassLoaderManager.initialize(ClassLoaderManager.java:204)
  at com.ibm.ws.classloader.ClassLoaderManager.&lt;init&gt;(ClassLoaderManager.java:155)
  at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationImpl.start(DeployedApplicationImpl.java:699)
  at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.startApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:923)
  at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl$AppInitializer.run(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:2214)
  at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ComponentImpl$_AsynchInitializer.run(ComponentImpl.java:304)
  at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1498)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I guess the server only expects zip or jar files in the classpath. Please guide on how to include the XML file. Thanks.</p>