diff --git a/.project b/.project
index 58b6503..db224a5 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>InformationCollector_previous</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>InformationCollector_branched</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/etc/profile.xml b/etc/profile.xml
index 1ea081a..46a0572 100644
--- a/etc/profile.xml
+++ b/etc/profile.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 					sink by collecting and exposing the information published by the
 					registered gCube services</Description>
 				<Name>IS-Collector-service</Name>
-				<Version>2.0.0</Version>
+				<Version>2.1.0</Version>
 				<Dependencies>
 					<Dependency>
 						<Service>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 							<Version>1.0.0</Version>
 						</Service>
 						<Package>IS-Collector-stubs</Package>
-						<Version>[2.0.0]</Version>
+						<Version>[2.1.0]</Version>
 						<Scope level="GHN" />
 						<Optional>false</Optional>
 					</Dependency>					
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 			<Software deployable="true">
 				<Description>InformationCollector Stubs</Description>
 				<Name>IS-Collector-stubs</Name>
-				<Version>2.0.0</Version>
+				<Version>2.1.0</Version>
 				<MultiVersion value="true" />
 				<Mandatory level="VO" />
 				<Shareable level="VO" />
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 			<Software>
 				<Description>Test-suite for IS-Collector: provide sample usages of interaction with a IS-Collector instance</Description>
 				<Name>IS-Collector-test-suite</Name>
-				<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+				<Version>1.1.0</Version>
 				<MultiVersion value="true"/>				
 				<Shareable level="VO"/>				
 				<Type>application</Type>
diff --git a/schema/XMLCollectionAccess.wsdl b/schema/XMLCollectionAccess.wsdl
index cdbfdd8..2fcaeef 100755
--- a/schema/XMLCollectionAccess.wsdl
+++ b/schema/XMLCollectionAccess.wsdl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"  
 	xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
 	xmlns:asgt="http://mds.globus.org/aggregator/types" 
+	xmlns:corefaults="http://gcube-system.org/namespaces/common/core/faults"
 	xmlns:wsrlw="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ResourceLifetime-1.2-draft-01.wsdl" 
 	xmlns:wsdlpp="http://www.globus.org/namespaces/2004/10/WSDLPreprocessor" 
 	xmlns:gtwsdl1="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ServiceGroup-1.2-draft-01.wsdl" 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
   <wsdl:import namespace="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-BaseFaults-1.2-draft-01.wsdl" location="../wsrf/faults/WS-BaseFaults.wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:import namespace="http://mds.globus.org/aggregator" location="../mds/aggregator/aggregator_service_group_port_type.wsdl"/>
   <wsdl:import namespace="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/2004/06/wsrf-WS-ServiceGroup-1.2-draft-01.wsdl" location="../wsrf/servicegroup/WS-ServiceGroup.wsdl"/> 
-
+   <wsdl:import namespace="http://gcube-system.org/namespaces/common/core/faults" location="../gcube/common/core/faults/GCUBEFaults.wsdl"/>
   
     <!--============================================================
 
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@
   	
 	   <xsd:element name="deleteResponse" type="xsd:boolean"/>
 	   
+	   <xsd:element name="getProfileResponse" type="xsd:string"/>
+	   
+	   <xsd:element name="getResourceResponse" type="xsd:string"/>
+	   
 	   <xsd:element name="deleteProfileParams">	   	
 	   		<xsd:complexType >
 		      <xsd:sequence>
@@ -53,8 +58,37 @@
     		</xsd:complexType>
 		</xsd:element>
   		
+  		<xsd:element name="GetProfileCriteria">	   	
+	   		<xsd:complexType >
+		      <xsd:sequence>
+        		<xsd:element name="ID" type="xsd:string"/>        
+        		<xsd:element name="profileType" type="xsd:string"/>        	
+			 </xsd:sequence>
+    		</xsd:complexType>
+		</xsd:element>
+		
+		<xsd:element name="GetResourceCriteria">	   	
+	   		<xsd:complexType >
+		      <xsd:sequence>
+        		<xsd:element name="ID" type="xsd:string"/>        	
+			 </xsd:sequence>
+    		</xsd:complexType>
+		</xsd:element>
+  		
   		<xsd:complexType name="voidType"/>
-  		<xsd:element name="voidElement" type="tns:voidType"/>	   	
+  		
+  		<xsd:element name="voidElement" type="tns:voidType"/>
+  		
+  		<xsd:element name="DocumentNotFoundFaultType">
+	 			<xsd:complexType>
+              		<xsd:complexContent>
+                    	<xsd:extension base="corefaults:GCUBEUnrecoverableFault">
+                        	<xsd:sequence/>                        
+                    	</xsd:extension>
+                	</xsd:complexContent>
+    			</xsd:complexType>
+		</xsd:element>			
+  			   	
     </xsd:schema>
   </wsdl:types>
   
@@ -65,7 +99,7 @@
                       
   ============================================================-->
   
-   <wsdl:message name="DeleteResourceInputMessage">
+  <wsdl:message name="DeleteResourceInputMessage">
         <part name="parameters" element="tns:resourceID"/>        
   </wsdl:message>
   
@@ -73,6 +107,14 @@
         <part name="parameters" element="tns:deleteResponse"/>
   </wsdl:message>
   
+  <wsdl:message name="GetResourceInputMessage">
+        <part name="parameters" element="tns:GetResourceCriteria"/>          
+  </wsdl:message>
+  
+  <wsdl:message name="GetResourceOutputMessage">
+        <part name="parameters" element="tns:getResourceResponse"/>
+  </wsdl:message> 
+  
   <wsdl:message name="DeleteProfileInputMessage">
         <part name="parameters" element="tns:deleteProfileParams"/>          
   </wsdl:message>
@@ -81,9 +123,21 @@
         <part name="parameters" element="tns:deleteResponse"/>
   </wsdl:message>
     
+   <wsdl:message name="GetProfileInputMessage">
+        <part name="parameters" element="tns:GetProfileCriteria"/>          
+  </wsdl:message>
+  
+  <wsdl:message name="GetProfileOutputMessage">
+        <part name="parameters" element="tns:getProfileResponse"/>
+  </wsdl:message> 
+    
    <wsdl:message name="VoidMessage">
     	<part name="parameters" element="tns:voidElement"/>
   </wsdl:message>
+  
+  <wsdl:message name="DocumentNotFoundFaultTypeMessage">
+	   <part name="fault" element="tns:DocumentNotFoundFaultType"/>
+  	</wsdl:message>
 
   <!--============================================================
 
@@ -93,6 +147,16 @@
   
   <wsdl:portType name="XMLCollectionAccessPortType">
           
+     <wsdl:operation name="GetProfile">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:GetProfileInputMessage"/>            
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:GetProfileOutputMessage"/>
+            <wsdl:fault name="fault" message="tns:DocumentNotFoundFaultTypeMessage"/>
+     </wsdl:operation>
+     <wsdl:operation name="GetResource">
+            <wsdl:input message="tns:GetResourceInputMessage"/>            
+            <wsdl:output message="tns:GetResourceOutputMessage"/>
+            <wsdl:fault name="fault" message="tns:DocumentNotFoundFaultTypeMessage"/>
+     </wsdl:operation>
      <wsdl:operation name="DeleteResource">
             <wsdl:input message="tns:DeleteResourceInputMessage"/>            
             <wsdl:output message="tns:DeleteResourceOutputMessage"/>
diff --git a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/persistence/AggregatorPersistentResource.java b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/persistence/AggregatorPersistentResource.java
index 37ae9c3..d751e93 100755
--- a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/persistence/AggregatorPersistentResource.java
+++ b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/persistence/AggregatorPersistentResource.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ import org.w3c.dom.*;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.*;
+import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 import javax.xml.xpath.*;
 
 /**
@@ -46,8 +54,7 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
     private String profile_type = null;
 
     // the various parts of the resource
-    private String data, /* service_class, service_id, ri_id, ghn_id, scope, */
-    entryKey, groupKey, source, sourceKey = "", completeSourceKey = "";
+    private String data = null, entryKey, groupKey, source, sourceKey = "", completeSourceKey = "";
 
     private Calendar terminationTime = null, lastUpdateTime = null;
 
@@ -95,6 +102,8 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
      *             if the resource is invalid
      */
     public AggregatorPersistentResource(XMLResource resource) throws Exception {
+	if (resource == null)
+	    throw new Exception("invalid resource");
 	try {
 	    this.resourceID = resource.getId();
 	    this.originalSource = resource;
@@ -161,11 +170,35 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
      * Accesses the resource content
      * 
      * @return the content
+     * @throws MalformedResourceException 
      */
-    public String getData() {
+    public String getData() throws MalformedResourceException {
+	if (this.data == null)
+	    this.data = this.extractData();
 	return this.data;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return
+     * @throws MalformedResourceException 
+     */
+    private String extractData() throws MalformedResourceException {
+	
+	if (this.internalDOM != null) {
+	    try {
+		if (this.getType() == RESOURCETYPE.Profile)
+		    return nodeToString(internalDOM.getElementsByTagName("Resource").item(0)); //Data/Profile/Resource
+		else 
+		    return nodeToString(internalDOM.getElementsByTagName("Data").item(0)); //Data/*
+	    } catch (Exception e) {
+		logger.error("",e);
+		throw new MalformedResourceException("unable to retrieve data for resource " + this.getID());
+	    }	    
+	} else
+	    throw new MalformedResourceException("unable to retrieve data for resource " + this.getID());	
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * 
      * @return the original XMLResource from which the resource has been
@@ -299,9 +332,27 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
      * @return the type
      */
     public RESOURCETYPE getType() {
+	if (this.type == null)
+	    this.type = this.extractType();
 	return this.type;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return
+     */
+    private RESOURCETYPE extractType() {	
+	if (internalDOM.getElementsByTagName("Resource").getLength() > 0) {
+	    logger.trace("The resource is a profile");
+	    return RESOURCETYPE.Profile;
+	}	    
+	else {
+	    logger.trace("The resource is a RP");
+	    return RESOURCETYPE.Properties;
+	}
+
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Updates the resource body
      * 
@@ -321,27 +372,24 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
      */
     private String toXML() {
 
-	String rep = "<Document>\n";
-	rep += "<ID>" + this.getID() + "</ID>\n";
-	rep += "<Source>" + this.getSource() + "</Source>\n";
-	rep += "<SourceKey>" + this.getSourceKey() + "</SourceKey>\n";
-	rep += "<CompleteSourceKey>" + this.getCompleteSourceKey()
-		+ "</CompleteSourceKey>\n";
-	rep += "<EntryKey>" + this.getEntryKey() + "</EntryKey>\n";
-	rep += "<GroupKey>" + this.getGroupKey() + "</GroupKey>\n";
-	rep += "<TerminationTime>"
-		+ this.getTerminationTime().getTimeInMillis()
-		+ "</TerminationTime>\n";
-	rep += "<TerminationTimeHuman>"
-		+ this.getTerminationTime().getTime().toString()
-		+ "</TerminationTimeHuman>\n";
-	rep += "<LastUpdateMs>" + this.lastUpdateTime.getTimeInMillis()
-		+ "</LastUpdateMs>\n";
-	rep += "<LastUpdateHuman>" + this.lastUpdateTime.getTime().toString()
-		+ "</LastUpdateHuman>\n";
-	rep += this.getData() + "\n";
-	rep += "</Document>\n";
-	return rep;
+	StringBuilder resource = new StringBuilder("<Document>\n");
+	resource.append("<ID>" + this.getID() + "</ID>\n");
+	resource.append("<Source>" + this.getSource() + "</Source>\n");
+	resource.append("<SourceKey>" + this.getSourceKey() + "</SourceKey>\n");
+	resource.append("<CompleteSourceKey>" + this.getCompleteSourceKey() + "</CompleteSourceKey>\n");
+	resource.append("<EntryKey>" + this.getEntryKey() + "</EntryKey>\n");
+	resource.append("<GroupKey>" + this.getGroupKey() + "</GroupKey>\n");
+	resource.append("<TerminationTime>"+ this.getTerminationTime().getTimeInMillis()+ "</TerminationTime>\n");
+	resource.append("<TerminationTimeHuman>" + this.getTerminationTime().getTime().toString()+ "</TerminationTimeHuman>\n");
+	resource.append("<LastUpdateMs>" + this.lastUpdateTime.getTimeInMillis()+ "</LastUpdateMs>\n");
+	resource.append("<LastUpdateHuman>" + this.lastUpdateTime.getTime().toString() + "</LastUpdateHuman>\n");
+	try {
+	    resource.append(this.getData() + "\n");
+	} catch (MalformedResourceException e) {
+	    logger.warn("Unable to read the resource data",e);
+	}
+	resource.append( "</Document>\n");
+	return resource.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -495,4 +543,29 @@ public class AggregatorPersistentResource extends PersistentResource {
     public void setPublisher(String publisher) {
 
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Node to String helper
+     * @param node the source node
+     * @return the node content serialized as string
+     * @throws Exception if the serialization fails
+     */
+    private String nodeToString(Node node) throws Exception{
+	try {
+	    TransformerFactory transFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+	    Transformer transformer = transFactory.newTransformer();
+	    StringWriter buffer = new StringWriter();
+	    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
+	    transformer.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(buffer));
+	    return buffer.toString();
+
+	} catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
+	    logger.error("Unable to deserialise content data", e);
+	    throw new Exception("Unable to deserialise content data");
+	} catch (TransformerException e) {
+	    logger.error("Unable to deserialise content data", e);
+	    throw new Exception("Unable to deserialise content data");
+	}
+	
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/porttypes/XMLCollectionAccess.java b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/porttypes/XMLCollectionAccess.java
index 50cadbf..ffeba99 100755
--- a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/porttypes/XMLCollectionAccess.java
+++ b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/porttypes/XMLCollectionAccess.java
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import org.gcube.common.core.contexts.GCUBEServiceContext;
 import org.gcube.common.core.porttypes.GCUBEPortType;
 import org.gcube.common.core.utils.logging.GCUBELog;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.impl.contexts.ICServiceContext;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.impl.persistence.AggregatorPersistentResource;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.impl.xmlstorage.exist.State;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.impl.xmlstorage.exist.Sweeper;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.DeleteProfileParams;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.DocumentNotFoundFaultType;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.GetProfileCriteria;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.GetResourceCriteria;
 
 import org.globus.wsrf.utils.FaultHelper;
 
@@ -143,41 +147,31 @@ public class XMLCollectionAccess extends GCUBEPortType {
 	    faultHelper.addDescription("IC service: Exception when deleting the requested resource");
 	    throw fault;
 	}
-    }
+    }        
 
-    /**
-     * Disposes the State service
-     * 
-     * @throws BaseFaultType
-     *             if the shutdown fails
-     */
-    public void dispose() throws BaseFaultType {
-	/*try {
-	    logger.info("Dispose operation invoked");
-	    logger.info("trying to shutdown the storage instances...");
-	    try {
-		State.storage_manager.shutdown();
-		State.query_manager.shutdown();
-	    } catch (NullPointerException se) {
-	    }
-	    State.storage_manager = null;
-	    State.query_manager = null;
-	    // request the interruption of the sweeper thread
-	    State.sweeperT.interrupt();
-	    logger.info("done");
+    public String getResource(GetResourceCriteria criteria) throws DocumentNotFoundFaultType {
+	try {	    
+	    AggregatorPersistentResource aresource = State.getDataManager().retrievePropertyResourceFromID(criteria.getID());
+	    logger.debug("Returning resource:" + aresource.getData());
+	    return aresource.getData();
 	} catch (Exception e) {
-	    logger.error("unable to pose the  IC with success ", e);
-	    BaseFaultType fault = new BaseFaultType();
-	    FaultHelper faultHelper = new FaultHelper(fault);
-	    faultHelper.addFaultCause(e);
-	    faultHelper
-		    .addDescription("-IC service: Unable to pose the service");
-	    throw fault;
-	} */
+	    logger.warn("Unable to find Resource with ID=" + criteria.getID(), e);	    
+	    throw new DocumentNotFoundFaultType();
+	}
+	
+    }
+    
+    public String getProfile(GetProfileCriteria criteria) throws DocumentNotFoundFaultType {
+	try {
+	    AggregatorPersistentResource aresource = State.getDataManager().retrieveProfile(criteria.getID(), criteria.getProfileType());
+	    logger.debug("Returning profile:" + aresource.getData());
+	    return aresource.getData();
+	} catch (Exception e) {
+	    logger.warn("Unable to find Profile with ID=" + criteria.getID(), e);
+	    throw new DocumentNotFoundFaultType();
+	}
     }
-
     
-
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     protected GCUBEServiceContext getServiceContext() {
diff --git a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/xmlstorage/exist/XMLStorageManager.java b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/xmlstorage/exist/XMLStorageManager.java
index 2d6e8a2..5ffff68 100755
--- a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/xmlstorage/exist/XMLStorageManager.java
+++ b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/impl/xmlstorage/exist/XMLStorageManager.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public class XMLStorageManager {
      * @return
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public AggregatorPersistentResource retrievePropertyResourceFromID(String resourceID) throws Exception {
+    synchronized public AggregatorPersistentResource retrievePropertyResourceFromID(String resourceID) throws Exception {
 	XMLResource res = null;
 	Collection currentCollection = this.loadPropertiesCollection();
 	try {
@@ -402,16 +402,36 @@ public class XMLStorageManager {
 	    logger.error("Failed to retrieve document " + resourceID);
 	    logger.error("" + edb.errorCode + " " + edb.getMessage(), edb);
 	    throw new Exception();
+	} finally {
+	    this.resetCollection(currentCollection);
 	}
 	return new AggregatorPersistentResource(res);
     }
 
+    
+    synchronized public AggregatorPersistentResource retrieveProfile(String profileID, String profileType) throws Exception {
+	
+	XMLResource res = null;
+	Collection currentCollection = this.loadProfileCollection(profileType);
+	try {
+	    res = (XMLResource) currentCollection.getResource(profileID);
+	    if (res == null)
+		logger.warn("Profile " + profileID + " not found!");
+	} catch (XMLDBException edb) {
+	    logger.error("Failed to retrieve document " + profileID);
+	    logger.error("" + edb.errorCode + " " + edb.getMessage(), edb);
+	    throw new Exception();
+	} finally {
+	    this.resetCollection(currentCollection);
+	}
+	return new AggregatorPersistentResource(res);
+    }
     /**
      * 
      * @param xpathquery
      * @return
      */
-    public AggregatorPersistentResource executeXPathQuery(String xpathquery) {
+    synchronized public AggregatorPersistentResource executeXPathQuery(String xpathquery) {
 
 	AggregatorPersistentResource res = null;
 	// ArrayList<AggregatorPersistentResource> results = new
diff --git a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/stubs/testsuite/xmlcollectionaccess/GetProfileTester.java b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/stubs/testsuite/xmlcollectionaccess/GetProfileTester.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9cd61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/stubs/testsuite/xmlcollectionaccess/GetProfileTester.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.testsuite.xmlcollectionaccess;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+import org.gcube.common.core.contexts.GCUBERemotePortTypeContext;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope;
+import org.gcube.common.core.utils.logging.GCUBEClientLog;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.DocumentNotFoundFaultType;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.GetProfileCriteria;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.XMLCollectionAccessPortType;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.service.XMLCollectionAccessServiceLocator;
+
+/**
+ * Tester for <em>GetProfile</em> operation of the
+ * <em>gcube/informationsystem/collector/XMLCollectionAccess</em> portType
+ *
+ * @author Manuele Simi (ISTI-CNR)
+ *
+ */
+public class GetProfileTester {
+
+    private static GCUBEClientLog logger = new GCUBEClientLog(GetProfileTester.class);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param args
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+	if (args.length != 5) {
+	    logger.fatal("Usage: GetProfileTester <host> <port> <Scope> <ID> <profileType>");
+	    return;
+	}
+	final String portTypeURI = "http://" + args[0] + ":" + args[1] + "/wsrf/services/gcube/informationsystem/collector/XMLCollectionAccess";
+
+	
+	XMLCollectionAccessPortType port = null;
+	try {
+	    port = new XMLCollectionAccessServiceLocator().getXMLCollectionAccessPortTypePort(new URL(portTypeURI));
+	    port = GCUBERemotePortTypeContext.getProxy(port, GCUBEScope.getScope(args[2]));
+	} catch (Exception e) {
+	    logger.error("",e);
+	}
+
+	logger.info("Submitting the request...");
+
+	    String profile;
+	    try {
+		GetProfileCriteria criteria = new GetProfileCriteria();
+		criteria.setID(args[3]);
+		criteria.setProfileType(args[4]);
+		profile = port.getProfile(criteria);
+		logger.info("Retrieved profile: \n" + profile);
+	    } catch (DocumentNotFoundFaultType e) {
+		logger.error("",e);
+	    } catch (RemoteException e) {
+		logger.error("",e);
+	    }	    	
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/stubs/testsuite/xmlcollectionaccess/GetResourceTester.java b/src/org/gcube/informationsystem/collector/stubs/testsuite/xmlcollectionaccess/GetResourceTester.java
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+package org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.testsuite.xmlcollectionaccess;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+import org.gcube.common.core.contexts.GCUBERemotePortTypeContext;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope;
+import org.gcube.common.core.utils.logging.GCUBEClientLog;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.DocumentNotFoundFaultType;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.GetResourceCriteria;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.XMLCollectionAccessPortType;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.collector.stubs.service.XMLCollectionAccessServiceLocator;
+
+/**
+ * Tester for <em>GetResource</em> operation of the
+ * <em>gcube/informationsystem/collector/XMLCollectionAccess</em> portType
+ *
+ * @author Manuele Simi (ISTI-CNR)
+ *
+ */
+public class GetResourceTester {
+
+    private static GCUBEClientLog logger = new GCUBEClientLog(GetResourceTester.class);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param args
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+	if (args.length != 4) {
+	    logger.fatal("Usage: GetResourceTester <host> <port> <Scope> <ID>");
+	    return;
+	}
+	final String portTypeURI = "http://" + args[0] + ":" + args[1] + "/wsrf/services/gcube/informationsystem/collector/XMLCollectionAccess";
+
+	
+	XMLCollectionAccessPortType port = null;
+	try {
+	    port = new XMLCollectionAccessServiceLocator().getXMLCollectionAccessPortTypePort(new URL(portTypeURI));
+	    port = GCUBERemotePortTypeContext.getProxy(port, GCUBEScope.getScope(args[2]));
+	} catch (Exception e) {
+	    logger.error("",e);
+	}
+
+	logger.info("Submitting the request...");
+
+	    String resource;
+	    try {
+		GetResourceCriteria criteria = new GetResourceCriteria();
+		criteria.setID(args[3]);
+		resource = port.getResource(criteria);
+		logger.info("Retrieved resource: \n" + resource);
+	    } catch (DocumentNotFoundFaultType e) {
+		logger.error("",e);
+	    } catch (RemoteException e) {
+		logger.error("",e);
+	    }	    	
+
+
+    }
+
+}