Index: src/main/java/org/mortbay/resource/ClassPathResource.java
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--- src/main/java/org/mortbay/resource/ClassPathResource.java	
+++ src/main/java/org/mortbay/resource/ClassPathResource.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 ThoughtWorks, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.mortbay.resource;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a resource file off of the classpath.
+ * 
+ * @author Patrick Lightbody (plightbo at gmail dot com)
+ * @author Matthew Purland (m dot purland at gmail dot com)
+ */
+public class ClassPathResource extends URLResource {
+	protected String relativeName;
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies the classpath path containing the resource.
+	 * 
+	 * The way it finds a class path resource is in order of the following.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * 1) Relative name that is relative to the location of the class of
+	 * ClassPathResource
+	 * </p>
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * 2) Relative name to the system as a system resource. See this:
+	 * {@link ClassLoader.getSystemResource}
+	 * </p>
+	 * 
+	 * This resource uses caches by default.
+	 * 
+	 * @param relativeName
+	 *            Relative name to the classpath resource.
+	 */
+	public ClassPathResource(String relativeName) {
+		this(relativeName, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies the classpath path containing the resource.
+	 * 
+	 * @param relativeName
+	 *            Relative name to the classpath resource.
+	 * @param useCaches
+	 *            Whether to use caching or not.
+	 */
+	public ClassPathResource(String relativeName, boolean useCaches) {
+		super(findRelativeResourceURL(relativeName), null, useCaches);
+
+		this.relativeName = relativeName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Find a relative resource and return the URL to that resource.
+	 * 
+	 * If the returned resource (through this classloader) returns a bad URL,
+	 * will check the bootstrap classloader through
+	 * ClassLoader.getSystemResource(name).
+	 * 
+	 * @param relativeName
+	 *            Relative name to the class path resource to find.
+	 * @return Returns a URL to the resource pointed to by relativePath.
+	 */
+	protected static URL findRelativeResourceURL(String relativeName) {
+		URL url = ClassPathResource.class.getResource(relativeName);
+
+		// Try using a system level classpath to find the resource
+		if (url == null) {
+			url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(relativeName);
+		}
+		return url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 */
+	public synchronized void release() {
+		super.release();
+		relativeName = null;
+	}
+}
Index: src/test/java/org/mortbay/resource/ResourceTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/mortbay/resource/ResourceTest.java	(revision 1387)
+++ src/test/java/org/mortbay/resource/ResourceTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -266,7 +266,62 @@
         
     }
     
-   
+    /**
+     * Test a class path resource for existence.
+     */
+    public void testClassPathResourceClass() {
+    	final String classPathName = "ClassPathResource.class";
+    	
+    	Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(classPathName);
+    	
+    	// A class path cannot be a directory
+    	assertFalse("Class path cannot be a directory.", resource.isDirectory());
+    	
+    	// A class path must exist
+    	assertTrue("Class path resource does not exist.", resource.exists());
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Test a class path resource for directories.
+     */
+    public void testClassPathResourceDirectory() throws Exception {
+    	final String classPathName = "/";
+    	
+    	Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(classPathName);
+    	
+    	// A class path must be a directory
+    	assertTrue("Class path must be a directory.", resource.isDirectory());
+    	
+    	assertTrue("Class path returned file must be a directory.", resource.getFile().isDirectory());
+    	
+    	// A class path must exist
+    	assertTrue("Class path resource does not exist.", resource.exists());
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Test a class path resource for a file.
+     */
+    public void testClassPathResourceFile() throws Exception {
+    	final String fileName = "fakeRequests.txt";
+    	final String classPathName = "/" + fileName;
+    	
+    	// Will locate a resource in the class path
+    	Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(classPathName);
+    	
+    	// A class path cannot be a directory
+    	assertFalse("Class path must be a directory.", resource.isDirectory());
+    	
+    	File file = resource.getFile();
+    	
+    	assertTrue("File returned from class path should not be null.", file != null);
+    	assertEquals("File name from class path is not equal.", fileName, file.getName());
+    	assertTrue("File returned from class path should be a file.", file.isFile());
+
+    	// A class path must exist
+    	assertTrue("Class path resource does not exist.", resource.exists());       	
+    }
+    
+    
     
     
 }