diff --git a/org.talend.commons.runtime/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.talend.commons.runtime/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index d719d65ad2..d0e6ef092e 100644
--- a/org.talend.commons.runtime/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.talend.commons.runtime/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Export-Package: org.talend.commons,
  org.talend.commons.utils.network,
  org.talend.commons.utils.performance,
  org.talend.commons.utils.platform,
+ org.talend.commons.utils.resource,
  org.talend.commons.utils.scalability,
  org.talend.commons.utils.system,
  org.talend.commons.utils.threading,
diff --git a/org.talend.commons.runtime/src/org/talend/commons/utils/resource/ResourceUtil.java b/org.talend.commons.runtime/src/org/talend/commons/utils/resource/ResourceUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b29d137ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.talend.commons.runtime/src/org/talend/commons/utils/resource/ResourceUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// ============================================================================
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Talend Inc. - www.talend.com
+//
+// This source code is available under agreement available at
+// %InstallDIR%\features\org.talend.rcp.branding.%PRODUCTNAME%\%PRODUCTNAME%license.txt
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the agreement
+// along with this program; if not, write to Talend SA
+// 9 rue Pages 92150 Suresnes, France
+//
+// ============================================================================
+package org.talend.commons.utils.resource;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.URIUtil;
+
+/**
+ * class ResourceUtil. Helper to handle resource URL from java or Eclipse.
+ */
+public class ResourceUtil {
+
+    private static final String BUNDLERESOURCE = "bundleresource";
+
+    public static File convertResourceToFile(URL resource) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        File fileDir = null;
+        if (BUNDLERESOURCE.equals(resource.getProtocol())) {
+            URL unescapedURL = FileLocator.toFileURL(resource);
+            URI escapedURI = new URI(unescapedURL.getProtocol(), unescapedURL.getPath(), unescapedURL.getQuery());
+            fileDir = URIUtil.toFile(escapedURI);
+        } else {
+            fileDir = new File(resource.getFile());
+        }
+        return fileDir;
+    }
+
+}