diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 191cb0a21d9..cb7395786c3 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ jetty-7.4.3-SNAPSHOT
  + 349896 SCEP supports zero maxIdleTime
  + 349897 draft -09 websockets
  + 349997 MBeanContainer uses weak references
- + JETTY-1342 Recreate selector in change task
  + 350533 Add "Origin" to the list of allowed headers in CrossOriginFilter
+ + 350634 Cleanup FileResource construction
+ + JETTY-1342 Recreate selector in change task
 
 jetty-7.4.2.v20110526
  + 334443 Improve the ability to specify extra class paths using the Jetty Maven Plugin
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
index e37b223e88f..a7ef6f75b91 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileResource.java
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ public class FileResource extends URLResource
     {
         return __checkAliases;
     }
+
+    /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
+    public FileResource(File file) throws MalformedURLException
+    {
+        super(file.toURI().toURL(),null);
+        
+        _file=file;
+
+        fixUrlString();
+    }
     
     /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
     public FileResource(URL url)
@@ -73,35 +83,24 @@ public class FileResource extends URLResource
     {
         super(url,null);
 
-        try
-        {
-            // Try standard API to convert URL to file.
-            _file =new File(new URI(url.toString()));
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            Log.ignore(e);
-            try
-            {
-                // Assume that File.toURL produced unencoded chars. So try
-                // encoding them.
-                String file_url="file:"+URIUtil.encodePath(url.toString().substring(5));           
-                URI uri = new URI(file_url);
-                if (uri.getAuthority()==null) 
-                    _file = new File(uri);
-                else
-                    _file = new File("//"+uri.getAuthority()+URIUtil.decodePath(url.getFile()));
-            }
-            catch (Exception e2)
-            {
-                Log.ignore(e2);
+        _file =new File(url.toURI());
 
-                // Still can't get the file.  Doh! try good old hack!
-                checkConnection();
-                Permission perm = _connection.getPermission();
-                _file = new File(perm==null?url.getFile():perm.getName());
-            }
-        }
+        fixUrlString();
+    }
+    
+    /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
+    FileResource(URL url, URLConnection connection, File file)
+    {
+        super(url,connection);
+
+        _file=file;
+        
+        fixUrlString();
+    }
+    
+    /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
+    private void fixUrlString()
+    {
         if (_file.isDirectory())
         {
             if (!_urlString.endsWith("/"))
@@ -112,16 +111,6 @@ public class FileResource extends URLResource
             if (_urlString.endsWith("/"))
                 _urlString=_urlString.substring(0,_urlString.length()-1);
         }
-            
-    }
-    
-    /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
-    FileResource(URL url, URLConnection connection, File file)
-    {
-        super(url,connection);
-        _file=file;
-        if (_file.isDirectory() && !_urlString.endsWith("/"))
-            _urlString=_urlString+"/";
     }
     
     /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
index ae3945f7376..14c2791e04b 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
@@ -160,12 +160,7 @@ public abstract class Resource implements ResourceFactory
                         resource=resource.substring(2);
                     
                     File file=new File(resource).getCanonicalFile();
-                    url=file.toURI().toURL();            
-                    
-                    URLConnection connection=url.openConnection();
-                    connection.setUseCaches(useCaches);
-                    FileResource fileResource= new FileResource(url,connection,file);
-                    return fileResource;
+                    return new FileResource(file);
                 }
                 catch(Exception e2)
                 {
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceTest.java b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceTest.java
index c8d46eff9e8..29c74765ff7 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceTest.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/ResourceTest.java
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ public class ResourceTest
 		__userDir = new File(perm.getName()).getCanonicalPath() + File.separatorChar;
 		__relDir = "src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/".replace('/', File.separatorChar);  
         
+	/*
         System.err.println("User Dir="+__userDir);
         System.err.println("Rel  Dir="+__relDir);
         System.err.println("User URL="+__userURL);
+	*/
 
         tmpFile=File.createTempFile("test",null).getCanonicalFile();
         tmpFile.deleteOnExit();