Index: src/main/java/org/apache/james/container/spring/adaptor/FileSystemBridge.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/james/container/spring/adaptor/FileSystemBridge.java	(revision 564411)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/james/container/spring/adaptor/FileSystemBridge.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 package org.apache.james.container.spring.adaptor;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.james.services.FileSystem;
 
@@ -41,4 +44,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see org.apache.james.services.FileSystem#getResource(String)
+     */
+    public InputStream getResource(String url) throws IOException {
+    	if (url.startsWith("classpath://")) {
+    		String resourceName = url.substring("classpath://".length());
+			InputStream resourceAsStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+    		if (resourceAsStream==null) {
+    			throw new IOException("Resource '"+resourceName+"' not found in the classpath!");
+    		}
+    		return resourceAsStream;
+    	}
+    	return new FileInputStream(getFile(url));
+    }
+
 }