diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1c4d7b..c61a85a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.sling.feature</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.2</version>
+            <version>1.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactHandler.java
similarity index 77%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactHandler.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactHandler.java
index e1d4ab0..044a8ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactHandler.java
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 /**
  * A handler provides a file object for an artifact.
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@
 
     private final String url;
 
-    private final File file;
+    private final URL localURL;
 
     /**
      * Create a new handler.
      * 
      * @param url  The url of the artifact
-     * @param file The file for the artifact
+     * @param localURL The local URL for the artifact
      */
-    public ArtifactHandler(final String url, final File file) {
+    public ArtifactHandler(final String url, final URL localURL) {
         this.url = url;
-        this.file = file;
+        this.localURL = localURL;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a file for the artifact
+     * Get a local url for the artifact
      * 
      * @return The file
      */
-    public File getFile() {
-        return file;
+    public URL getLocalURL() {
+        return localURL;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManager.java
similarity index 91%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManager.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManager.java
index 0db5c51..5767c3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManager.java
@@ -14,26 +14,27 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
 import org.apache.sling.feature.ArtifactId;
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi.ArtifactProvider;
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi.ArtifactProviderContext;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi.ArtifactProvider;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi.ArtifactProviderContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
         shutdown();
     }
 
-    private final File getArtifactFromProviders(final String url, final String relativeCachePath) throws IOException {
+    private final URL getArtifactFromProviders(final String url, final String relativeCachePath) throws IOException {
         final int pos = url.indexOf(":");
         final String scheme = url.substring(0, pos);
 
@@ -149,8 +150,8 @@
             while ( url.charAt(pos) == '/') {
                 pos++;
             }
-            final File file = this.getArtifactFromProviders(url, url.substring(pos));
-            if ( file == null || !file.exists()) {
+            final URL file = this.getArtifactFromProviders(url, url.substring(pos));
+            if ( file == null ) {
                 throw new IOException("Artifact " + url + " not found.");
             }
             return new ArtifactHandler(url, file);
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
             if ( !f.exists()) {
                 throw new IOException("Artifact " + url + " not found.");
             }
-            return new ArtifactHandler(f.toURI().toString(), f);
+            return new ArtifactHandler(f.toURI().toString(), f.toURI().toURL());
         }
         logger.debug("Querying repositories for {}", path);
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@
 
             logger.debug("Checking {} to get artifact from {}", handler, artifactUrl);
 
-            final File file = handler.getArtifact(artifactUrl, path);
+            final URL file = handler.getArtifact(artifactUrl, path);
             if ( file != null ) {
                 logger.debug("Found artifact {}", artifactUrl);
                 return new ArtifactHandler(artifactUrl, file);
@@ -211,8 +212,8 @@
                         while ( fullURL.charAt(pos2) == '/') {
                             pos2++;
                         }
-                        final File file2 = this.getArtifactFromProviders(fullURL, path);
-                        if ( file2 == null || !file2.exists()) {
+                        final URL file2 = this.getArtifactFromProviders(fullURL, path);
+                        if ( file2 == null ) {
                             throw new IOException("Artifact " + fullURL + " not found.");
                         }
                         return new ArtifactHandler(artifactUrl, file2);
@@ -228,8 +229,10 @@
 
     protected String getFileContents(final ArtifactHandler handler) throws IOException {
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        for(final String line : Files.readAllLines(handler.getFile().toPath())) {
-            sb.append(line).append('\n');
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(handler.getLocalURL().openStream(), "UTF-8"))) {
+            for(String line = reader.readLine(); line != null; line = reader.readLine()) {
+                sb.append(line).append('\n');
+            }
         }
 
         return sb.toString();
@@ -296,14 +299,14 @@
         }
 
         @Override
-        public File getArtifact(final String url, final String relativeCachePath) {
+        public URL getArtifact(final String url, final String relativeCachePath) {
             logger.debug("Checking url to be local file {}", url);
             // check if this is already a local file
             try {
                 final File f = new File(new URL(url).toURI());
                 if ( f.exists() ) {
                     this.config.incLocalArtifacts();
-                    return f;
+                    return f.toURI().toURL();
                 }
                 return null;
             } catch ( final URISyntaxException ise) {
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@
                 } else {
                     this.config.incCachedArtifacts();
                 }
-                return cacheFile;
+                return cacheFile.toURI().toURL();
             } catch ( final Exception e) {
                 logger.info("Artifact not found in one repository", e);
                 // ignore for now
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerConfig.java
similarity index 96%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerConfig.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerConfig.java
index d3c8bea..d03c7e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerConfig.java
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi.ArtifactProviderContext;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi.ArtifactProviderContext;
 
 /**
  * This class holds the configuration of artifact manager.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/package-info.java
similarity index 94%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/package-info.java
index 83cd885..08e8d2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/package-info.java
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 @org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.0.0")
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts;
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProvider.java
similarity index 89%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProvider.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProvider.java
index c238946..8b27ba5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProvider.java
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ConsumerType;
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
      * @param url Artifact url
      * @param relativeCachePath A relative path that can be used as a cache path
      *                          by the provider. The path does not start with a slash.
-     * @return A file if the artifact exists or {@code null}
+     * @return A local url if the artifact exists or {@code null}
      */
-    File getArtifact(String url, String relativeCachePath);
+    URL getArtifact(String url, String relativeCachePath);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java
similarity index 96%
rename from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java
rename to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java
index 02a9722..dccfbfc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/ArtifactProviderContext.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/package-info.java
similarity index 94%
copy from src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java
copy to src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/package-info.java
index 83cd885..bb0c1f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/spi/package-info.java
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 @org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.0.0")
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi;
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/package-info.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eef08c6..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/spi/package-info.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.0.0")
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi;
-
-
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerTest.java
similarity index 85%
rename from src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerTest.java
rename to src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerTest.java
index 69d9d32..5894734 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/file/ArtifactManagerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/feature/io/artifacts/ArtifactManagerTest.java
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@
  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
  * the License.
  */
-package org.apache.sling.feature.io.file;
+package org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.ArtifactHandler;
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.ArtifactManager;
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.ArtifactManagerConfig;
-import org.apache.sling.feature.io.file.spi.ArtifactProvider;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.ArtifactHandler;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.ArtifactManager;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.ArtifactManagerConfig;
+import org.apache.sling.feature.io.artifacts.spi.ArtifactProvider;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ArtifactManagerTest {
@@ -68,12 +68,9 @@
         final ArtifactManagerConfig config = mock(ArtifactManagerConfig.class);
         when(config.getRepositoryUrls()).thenReturn(new String[] {REPO});
 
-        final File metadataFile = mock(File.class);
-        when(metadataFile.exists()).thenReturn(true);
-        when(metadataFile.getPath()).thenReturn("/maven-metadata.xml");
+        final URL metadataFile = new URL("file:/maven-metadata.xml");
 
-        final File artifactFile = mock(File.class);
-        when(artifactFile.exists()).thenReturn(true);
+        final URL artifactFile = new URL("file:/artifact");
 
         final ArtifactProvider provider = mock(ArtifactProvider.class);
         when(provider.getArtifact(REPO + "/group/artifact/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/artifact-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.txt", "group/artifact/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/artifact-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.txt")).thenReturn(null);
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@
 
             @Override
             protected String getFileContents(final ArtifactHandler handler) throws IOException {
-                final String path = handler.getFile().getPath();
+                final String path = handler.getLocalURL().getPath();
                 if ( "/maven-metadata.xml".equals(path) ) {
                     return METADATA;
                 }
@@ -97,6 +94,6 @@
 
         final ArtifactHandler handler = mgr.getArtifactHandler("mvn:group/artifact/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/txt");
         assertNotNull(handler);
-        assertEquals(artifactFile, handler.getFile());
+        assertEquals(artifactFile, handler.getLocalURL());
     }
 }