diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsResource.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsResource.java
index 5e487cd36c..e5450de45b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsResource.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * VFS based {@link Resource} implementation.
+ * Supports the corresponding VFS API versions on JBoss AS 5.x as well as 6.x.
  *
  * @author Ales Justin
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -39,53 +40,58 @@ public class VfsResource extends AbstractResource {
 
 	private final Object resource;
 
+
 	public VfsResource(Object resources) {
 		Assert.notNull(resources, "VirtualFile must not be null");
 		this.resource = resources;
 	}
 
+
 	public boolean exists() {
-		return VfsUtils.exists(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.exists(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public boolean isReadable() {
-		return VfsUtils.isReadable(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.isReadable(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public long lastModified() throws IOException {
-		return VfsUtils.getLastModified(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.getLastModified(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
-		return VfsUtils.getInputStream(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.getInputStream(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public URL getURL() throws IOException {
 		try {
-			return VfsUtils.getURL(resource);
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			return VfsUtils.getURL(this.resource);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			throw new NestedIOException("Failed to obtain URL for file " + this.resource, ex);
 		}
 	}
 
 	public URI getURI() throws IOException {
 		try {
-			return VfsUtils.getURI(resource);
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			return VfsUtils.getURI(this.resource);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			throw new NestedIOException("Failed to obtain URI for " + this.resource, ex);
 		}
 	}
 
 	public File getFile() throws IOException {
-		return VfsUtils.getFile(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.getFile(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public Resource createRelative(String relativePath) throws IOException {
 		if (!relativePath.startsWith(".") && relativePath.contains("/")) {
 			try {
-				return new VfsResource(VfsUtils.getChild(resource, relativePath));
-			} catch (IOException ex) {
-				// fall back to #getRelative
+				return new VfsResource(VfsUtils.getChild(this.resource, relativePath));
+			}
+			catch (IOException ex) {
+				// fall back to getRelative
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ public class VfsResource extends AbstractResource {
 	}
 
 	public String getFilename() {
-		return VfsUtils.getName(resource);
+		return VfsUtils.getName(this.resource);
 	}
 
 	public String getDescription() {
@@ -109,4 +115,5 @@ public class VfsResource extends AbstractResource {
 	public int hashCode() {
 		return this.resource.hashCode();
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsUtils.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsUtils.java
index a9014540ba..5596803b51 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/VfsUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,29 +32,27 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * Utility for detecting the JBoss VFS version available in the classpath.
- * JBoss AS 5+ uses VFS 2.x (package <code>org.jboss.virtual</code>) while JBoss AS 6+ uses
- * VFS 3.x (package <code>org.jboss.vfs</code>).
- * 
- * <p/>
- * Thanks go to Marius Bogoevici for the initial patch. 
+ * JBoss AS 5+ uses VFS 2.x (package <code>org.jboss.virtual</code>) while
+ * JBoss AS 6+ uses VFS 3.x (package <code>org.jboss.vfs</code>).
+ *
+ * <p>Thanks go to Marius Bogoevici for the initial patch.
  *
  * <b>Note:</b> This is an internal class and should not be used outside the framework.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Costin Leau
+ * @since 3.0.3
  */
 public abstract class VfsUtils {
 
-	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(VfsUtils.class);
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(VfsUtils.class);
 
 	private static final String VFS2_PKG = "org.jboss.virtual.";
 	private static final String VFS3_PKG = "org.jboss.vfs.";
 	private static final String VFS_NAME = "VFS";
 
-	private static enum VFS_VER {
-		V2, V3
-	}
+	private static enum VFS_VER { V2, V3 }
 
-	private static VFS_VER version = null;
+	private static VFS_VER version;
 
 	private static Method VFS_METHOD_GET_ROOT_URL = null;
 	private static Method VFS_METHOD_GET_ROOT_URI = null;
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 	protected static Class<?> VIRTUAL_FILE_VISITOR_INTERFACE;
 	protected static Method VIRTUAL_FILE_METHOD_VISIT;
 
-
 	private static Method VFS_UTILS_METHOD_IS_NESTED_FILE = null;
 	private static Method VFS_UTILS_METHOD_GET_COMPATIBLE_URI = null;
 	private static Field VISITOR_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD_RECURSE = null;
@@ -79,33 +76,33 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 
 	static {
 		ClassLoader loader = VfsUtils.class.getClassLoader();
+		String pkg;
+		Class<?> vfsClass;
 
-		String pkg = "";
-
-		Class<?> vfsClass = null;
-
-		// check JBoss 6
+		// check for JBoss 6
 		try {
 			vfsClass = loader.loadClass(VFS3_PKG + VFS_NAME);
 			version = VFS_VER.V3;
 			pkg = VFS3_PKG;
 
-			if (log.isDebugEnabled())
-				log.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 6 found");
-		} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 6 found");
+			}
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			// fallback to JBoss 5
-			if (log.isDebugEnabled())
-				log.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 6 not found; falling back to JBoss AS 5 packages");
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+				logger.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 6 not found; falling back to JBoss AS 5 packages");
 			try {
 				vfsClass = loader.loadClass(VFS2_PKG + VFS_NAME);
 
 				version = VFS_VER.V2;
 				pkg = VFS2_PKG;
 
-				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
-					log.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 5 found");
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+					logger.debug("JBoss VFS packages for JBoss AS 5 found");
 			} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex1) {
-				log.error("JBoss VFS packages (for both JBoss AS 5 and 6) were not found - JBoss VFS support disabled");
+				logger.error("JBoss VFS packages (for both JBoss AS 5 and 6) were not found - JBoss VFS support disabled");
 				throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot detect JBoss VFS packages", ex1);
 			}
 		}
@@ -144,8 +141,8 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 
 			Class<?> visitorAttributesClass = loader.loadClass(pkg + "VisitorAttributes");
 			VISITOR_ATTRIBUTES_FIELD_RECURSE = ReflectionUtils.findField(visitorAttributesClass, "RECURSE");
-
-		} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not detect the JBoss VFS infrastructure", ex);
 		}
 	}
@@ -153,13 +150,15 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 	protected static Object invokeVfsMethod(Method method, Object target, Object... args) throws IOException {
 		try {
 			return method.invoke(target, args);
-		} catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
 			Throwable targetEx = ex.getTargetException();
 			if (targetEx instanceof IOException) {
 				throw (IOException) targetEx;
 			}
 			ReflectionUtils.handleInvocationTargetException(ex);
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
 			ReflectionUtils.handleReflectionException(ex);
 		}
 
@@ -169,7 +168,8 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 	static boolean exists(Object vfsResource) {
 		try {
 			return (Boolean) invokeVfsMethod(VIRTUAL_FILE_METHOD_EXISTS, vfsResource);
-		} catch (IOException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 	static boolean isReadable(Object vfsResource) {
 		try {
 			return ((Long) invokeVfsMethod(VIRTUAL_FILE_METHOD_GET_SIZE, vfsResource) > 0);
-		} catch (IOException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -201,7 +202,8 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 	static String getName(Object vfsResource) {
 		try {
 			return (String) invokeVfsMethod(VIRTUAL_FILE_METHOD_GET_NAME, vfsResource);
-		} catch (IOException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot get resource name", ex);
 		}
 	}
@@ -221,7 +223,8 @@ public abstract class VfsUtils {
 			}
 			try {
 				return new File((URI) invokeVfsMethod(VFS_UTILS_METHOD_GET_COMPATIBLE_URI, null, vfsResource));
-			} catch (Exception ex) {
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
 				throw new NestedIOException("Failed to obtain File reference for " + vfsResource, ex);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
index aaad408872..8ed5a1b54f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -645,10 +646,11 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 	 */
 	private static class VfsResourceMatchingDelegate {
 
-		public static Set<Resource> findMatchingResources(Resource rootResource, String locationPattern, PathMatcher pathMatcher) throws IOException {
+		public static Set<Resource> findMatchingResources(
+				Resource rootResource, String locationPattern, PathMatcher pathMatcher) throws IOException {
 			Object root = VfsPatternUtils.findRoot(rootResource.getURL());
-			PatternVirtualFileVisitor visitor = new PatternVirtualFileVisitor(VfsPatternUtils.getPath(root),
-					locationPattern, pathMatcher);
+			PatternVirtualFileVisitor visitor =
+					new PatternVirtualFileVisitor(VfsPatternUtils.getPath(root), locationPattern, pathMatcher);
 			VfsPatternUtils.visit(root, visitor);
 			return visitor.getResources();
 		}
@@ -674,7 +676,6 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 			this.rootPath = (rootPath.length() == 0 || rootPath.endsWith("/") ? rootPath : rootPath + "/");
 		}
 
-
 		public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
 			String methodName = method.getName();
 			if (Object.class.equals(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
@@ -701,8 +702,8 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 		}
 
 		public void visit(Object vfsResource) {
-			if (this.pathMatcher.match(this.subPattern, VfsPatternUtils.getPath(vfsResource).substring(
-					this.rootPath.length()))) {
+			if (this.pathMatcher.match(this.subPattern,
+					VfsPatternUtils.getPath(vfsResource).substring(this.rootPath.length()))) {
 				this.resources.add(new VfsResource(vfsResource));
 			}
 		}
@@ -727,4 +728,5 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 			return sb.toString();
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/VfsPatternUtils.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/VfsPatternUtils.java
index 8211a595b6..44adbf2197 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/VfsPatternUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/VfsPatternUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import org.springframework.core.io.VfsUtils;
 
 /**
- * Artificial class used for accessing the {@link VfsUtils} methods without exposing them
- * to the entire world. 
- * 
- * @author Costin Leau
+ * Artificial class used for accessing the {@link VfsUtils} methods
+ * without exposing them to the entire world.
  *
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ * @since 3.0.3
  */
 abstract class VfsPatternUtils extends VfsUtils {
+
 	static Object getVisitorAttribute() {
 		return doGetVisitorAttribute();
 	}
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ abstract class VfsPatternUtils extends VfsUtils {
 	static void visit(Object resource, InvocationHandler visitor) throws IOException {
 		Object visitorProxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(VIRTUAL_FILE_VISITOR_INTERFACE.getClassLoader(),
 				new Class<?>[] { VIRTUAL_FILE_VISITOR_INTERFACE }, visitor);
-
 		invokeVfsMethod(VIRTUAL_FILE_METHOD_VISIT, resource, visitorProxy);
 	}
+
 }