--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/pyntnclick/resources.py	Sat Feb 11 15:05:34 2012 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- test-case-name: pyntnclick.tests.test_resources -*-
+
+import os
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+
+
+class ResourceNotFound(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class Resources(object):
+    DEFAULT_RESOURCE_MODULE = "pyntnclick.data"
+
+    def __init__(self, resource_module, language=None):
+        self.resource_module = resource_module
+        self.language = language
+
+    def get_resource_path(self, resource_name):
+        for path in self.get_paths(resource_name):
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                return path
+        raise ResourceNotFound(resource_name)
+
+    def get_paths(self, resource_path):
+        paths = []
+        for module in [self.resource_module, self.DEFAULT_RESOURCE_MODULE]:
+            if self.language:
+                fn = os.path.join(self.language, resource_path)
+                paths.append(resource_filename(module, fn))
+            paths.append(resource_filename(module, resource_path))
+        return paths