Module processor usage in File ADapter

Hi all,
I have a scenario Idoc->Xi->File to be in Xi 3.0.
There is already an XI 2.0 system up and running wherin they have used dispatcher classes for the File Adapter Configuration.They have used the Transform Class "com.sap.aii.messaging.adapter.XSLTConversion" and have added the particular XSLT mapping Program in "namespace1.XSLTService.XSLTConversion.XSLTFileName=
convert.xsl".
When I want to configure these in XI 3.0 as a Receiver File Adapter, documentation says that we need to specify these in Module Processor as a sevice. For this the precursor is that we need to deploy the Java Classes in SDM.
But my question is whether we have to include the XSLT coding too in the Archive and Deply it in the SDM? Is it not that its required only for the Java Classes to be Deployed using SDM or else the XSLT Codings too in a JAR File?

Hi Stefan,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I already tried this way by storing the file in the File system of the server.
But for example,the XSLT file is this path of the Server,
F:\usr\sap\D49\SYS\global\tech_adapter\xslt\DR11_adapter_exit.xsl
Then, what exactly should be the path specification in the XSLT Sevice filename....Now its exactly as I have mentioned above and the file is stored physically over there....
The error log was like this,
2005-02-16 11:54:37 Success output 1108572877484 The message was successfully received by the messaging system. Profile: XI URL: http://cmis147:50000/MessagingSystem/receive/AFW/XI
2005-02-16 11:54:37 Success output 1108572877484 Using connection AFW. Trying to put the message into the receive queue.
2005-02-16 11:54:37 Success SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572877500 The message was successfully retrieved from the receive queue.
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Success SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879093 The message status set to DLNG.
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Success SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879109 Delivering to channel: FILE_DR11_Outbound
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Error SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879125 Exception caught by adapter framework: failed to configure the transformation object
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Error SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879125 Delivery of the message to the application using connection AFW failed, due to: failed to configure the transformation object.
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Success SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879125 The asynchronous message was successfully scheduled to be delivered at Wed Feb 16 11:59:39 EST 2005.
2005-02-16 11:54:39 Success SAPEngine_Application_Thread[impl:3]_0 1108572879140 The message status set to WAIT.
But when I see the monitoring for the AdapterFramework it says its ok.
So I thought the path is probably invalid.
Your opinions please...
Thanks in Advance,
Romit.

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