diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
index cdebce8..5341e88 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
@@ -182,10 +182,23 @@
         return bundleContext;
     }
 
-    protected Object getResourceProvider() {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the object which might provide resources. The class of this
+     * object is used to find the <code>getResource</code> method.
+     * <p>
+     * This method may be overwritten by extensions. This base class
+     * implementation returns this instance.
+     *
+     * @return The resource provider object or <code>null</code> if no
+     *      resources will be provided by this plugin.
+     */
+    protected Object getResourceProvider()
+    {
         return this;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Returns a method which is called on the
      * {@link #getResourceProvider() resource provder} class to return an URL