diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar.clj b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar.clj
index cee8d63..95883f7 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar.clj
@@ -7,11 +7,55 @@
 ;   You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
 
 (ns cryogen-core.classpath-able-io.jar
-  (:require [cryogen-core.classpath-able-io.type :as type])
+  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.string :as st]
+            [cryogen-core.classpath-able-io.type :as type]
+            [cryogen-core.classpath-able-io.fs :as fs])
   (:import [java.net URI]
-           [java.nio.file Paths Files LinkOption]))
+           [java.nio.file Paths Files FileSystems]))
 
 (defn is-from-classpath-jar?
   [uri ;:- JavaUri
    ]
   (= (.getScheme uri) "jar"))
+
+(defn create-resource
+  ([virtual-path ;:- VirtualPath
+    java-path ;:- JavaPath
+    ]
+   (let [java-uri (.toUri java-path)]
+     {:virtual-path  virtual-path
+      :java-uri      java-uri
+      :java-path     java-path
+      :source-type   :java-classpath-jar
+      :resource-type (cond
+                       (Files/isDirectory java-path fs/no-link-option) :dir
+                       (Files/isRegularFile java-path fs/no-link-option) :file
+                       :else :unknown)})))
+
+(defn
+  filesystem-uri
+  [resource-uri ;:- JavaUri
+   ]
+  (URI. (first (st/split (.toString resource-uri) #"!"))))
+
+(defn init-file-system
+  [resource-uri ;:- JavaUri
+   ]
+  (try
+    (FileSystems/getFileSystem (filesystem-uri resource-uri))
+    (catch Exception e
+      (FileSystems/newFileSystem (filesystem-uri resource-uri) {}))))
+
+(defn path-if-exists ;:- JavaPath
+  [resource-path ;:- VirtualPath
+   ]
+  (try
+    (let [resource-uri (.toURI (io/resource resource-path))]
+      (when (is-from-classpath-jar? resource-uri)
+        (init-file-system resource-uri))
+      ;; TODO: hier steckt auch eine "from-fs-cp" funktionalität drinne
+      (when (Files/exists (Paths/get resource-uri) fs/no-link-option)
+        (Paths/get resource-uri)))
+    (catch Exception e
+      nil)))
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diff --git a/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar_test.clj b/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar_test.clj
index f12f33c..9f4a783 100644
--- a/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar_test.clj
+++ b/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io/jar_test.clj
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@
   (is
    (sut/is-from-classpath-jar? (.toURI (io/resource "dummy"))))
   )
+
+(deftest test-path-if-exists
+  (is
+   (sut/path-if-exists "dummy/dummy_from_jar")))
+  (is
+   (= nil
+      (sut/path-if-exists "not-existing")))