diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scripting/support/ResourceScriptSource.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scripting/support/ResourceScriptSource.java
index c0de42493f4..9934edc0ea5 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scripting/support/ResourceScriptSource.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scripting/support/ResourceScriptSource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.scripting.ScriptSource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -51,11 +52,12 @@ public class ResourceScriptSource implements ScriptSource {
 
 	private final Resource resource;
 
+	private String encoding = "UTF-8";
+
 	private long lastModified = -1;
 
 	private final Object lastModifiedMonitor = new Object();
 
-	private String encoding = "UTF-8";
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new ResourceScriptSource for the given resource.
@@ -74,15 +76,23 @@ public class ResourceScriptSource implements ScriptSource {
 		return this.resource;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the encoding used for reading the script resource.
+	 * <p>The default value for regular Resources is "UTF-8".
+	 * A {@code null} value implies the platform default.
+	 */
+	public void setEncoding(String encoding) {
+		this.encoding = encoding;
+	}
+
+
 	public String getScriptAsString() throws IOException {
 		synchronized (this.lastModifiedMonitor) {
 			this.lastModified = retrieveLastModifiedTime();
 		}
-
 		InputStream stream = this.resource.getInputStream();
-		Reader reader = (StringUtils.hasText(encoding) ? new InputStreamReader(stream, encoding)
-				: new InputStreamReader(stream));
-
+		Reader reader = (StringUtils.hasText(this.encoding) ? new InputStreamReader(stream, this.encoding) :
+				new InputStreamReader(stream));
 		return FileCopyUtils.copyToString(reader);
 	}
 
@@ -99,10 +109,11 @@ public class ResourceScriptSource implements ScriptSource {
 	protected long retrieveLastModifiedTime() {
 		try {
 			return getResource().lastModified();
-		} catch (IOException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug(getResource() + " could not be resolved in the file system - "
-						+ "current timestamp not available for script modification check", ex);
+				logger.debug(getResource() + " could not be resolved in the file system - " +
+						"current timestamp not available for script modification check", ex);
 			}
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -112,18 +123,9 @@ public class ResourceScriptSource implements ScriptSource {
 		return StringUtils.stripFilenameExtension(getResource().getFilename());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Sets the encoding used for reading the script resource. The default value is "UTF-8".
-	 * A null value, implies the platform default.
-	 *
-	 * @param encoding charset encoding used for reading the script.
-	 */
-	public void setEncoding(String encoding) {
-		this.encoding = encoding;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return this.resource.toString();
 	}
+
 }