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+package org.compiere.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.apache.ecs.Printable;
+import org.apache.ecs.MultiPartElement;
+
+
+/**
+ *  Load html-src (text) stored in JAR, e.g. to load a style-sheet
+ */
+public class StoredHtmlSrc extends MultiPartElement implements Printable {
+	
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 50303119083373138L;
+	
+	/**	Logger					*/
+	protected static Logger 	log = Logger.getLogger(StoredHtmlSrc.class.getName());
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 *  Load html-src (text) stored in JAR, e.g. to load a style-sheet
+	 *  @param elementType e.g. elementType=STYLE
+	 *  @param srcLocation package/filename in SRC e.g. org/compiere/util/standard.css
+	 *  todo if needed: also write for SinglePartElement and StringElement
+	 */
+	public StoredHtmlSrc(String elementType, String srcLocation) {
+		this.setElementType(elementType);
+		
+		URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(srcLocation);
+		if (url==null) {
+			log.warning("failed to load html-src: " + srcLocation);
+			return;
+		}			
+		InputStreamReader ins;
+		try {
+			ins = new InputStreamReader(url.openStream());
+			BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader( ins );
+			String cssLine;
+			String result="";
+			while ((cssLine = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) 
+				result+=cssLine;
+			this.setTagText(result);
+		} catch (IOException e1) {
+			log.warning("failed to load html-src: " + srcLocation);
+		}
+	}
+}