// Init a resource set to load the standard UML profiles
    ResourceSet rset = null;
    {
      rset = new ResourceSetImpl();
      
      rset.getPackageRegistry().put("...", UMLPackage.eINSTANCE); // Forum filter prevents me from posting this: h_t_t_p_:_/_/www.eclipse.org/uml2/3.0.0/UML
      
      // Register the UML resource factory
      rset.getResourceFactoryRegistry().getExtensionToFactoryMap().put(UMLResource.FILE_EXTENSION, UMLResource.Factory.INSTANCE);
      
      // Get one of the standard profiles to build a jar path 
      final URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("profiles/UML2.profile.uml");
      if(url == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Could not load 'profiles/UML2.profile.uml' from class path");
      }

      // Need the jarfile path so chop off the file specific stuff
      final String path = url.toExternalForm().split("!")[0] + "!/";

      // Build a uri for this path
      final URI baseURI = URI.createURI(path);


      // Build mappings from 'pathmap://UML_PROFILES' (or metamodels or libraries) to the point at the jarfile path
      final Map<URI,URI> uriMap = rset.getURIConverter().getURIMap();
      // pathmap://UML_PROFILES
      uriMap.put(URI.createURI(UMLResource.LIBRARIES_PATHMAP), baseURI.appendSegment("libraries").appendSegment(""));
      // pathmap://UML_LIBRARIES
      uriMap.put(URI.createURI(UMLResource.METAMODELS_PATHMAP), baseURI.appendSegment("metamodels").appendSegment(""));
      // pathmap://UML_PROFILES
      uriMap.put(URI.createURI(UMLResource.PROFILES_PATHMAP), baseURI.appendSegment("profiles").appendSegment(""));
    }
    
    // Load the test profile
    Profile test = null;
    {
      final URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("profiles/test.profile.uml");
      if(url == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Could not load 'profiles/test.profile.uml' from class path");
      }
      
      final Resource r = rset.createResource(URI.createURI(url.toExternalForm()));
      
      r.load(null);
      
      test = (Profile)EcoreUtil.getObjectByType(r.getContents(), UMLPackage.Literals.PROFILE);
      if(test == null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Could not load 'profiles/test.profile.uml'");
      }
    }

    Stereotype A = test.getOwnedStereotype("A");
    Stereotype B = test.getOwnedStereotype("B");
    
    Model m = UMLFactory.eINSTANCE.createModel();
    
    org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Package pkg = m.createNestedPackage("pkg");
    
    org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class c1 = pkg.createOwnedClass("c1", false);
    org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class c2 = pkg.createOwnedClass("c2", false);
    
    pkg.applyProfile(test);
    
    c1.applyStereotype(A);
    c2.applyStereotype(B); // throws IllegalArgumentException