diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.core/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/core/editorfwk/ModelHandler.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.core/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/core/editorfwk/ModelHandler.java
index f0108d7..952ed52 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.core/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/core/editorfwk/ModelHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.core/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/core/editorfwk/ModelHandler.java
@@ -100,4 +100,21 @@
         // how to get the
         // correct state?
     }
+    
+    public static IModelObject retrieveModelObjectURIFragmentNone(String s, String uri) {
+        ResourceSet rs = new ResourceSetImpl();
+        Resource resource = rs.createResource(URI.createURI(uri,true,URI.FRAGMENT_NONE));
+
+        try {
+            ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(s.getBytes("UTF-8")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+            resource.load(is, null);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Logger.log(SIEditorCoreActivator.PLUGIN_ID, IStatus.ERROR, "Can not load resource " + resource.getURI(), e); //$NON-NLS-1$
+            return null;
+        }
+        Object emfObjectList = resource.getContents();
+        String extension = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
+        ExtensibleObjectFactory factory = ExtensibleObjectFactoryRegistry.get(extension);
+        return factory.createModelObject(emfObjectList, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.test/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/test/core/editorfwk/ModelHandlerTest.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.test/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/test/core/editorfwk/ModelHandlerTest.java
index 3a38f86..db612d2 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.test/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/test/core/editorfwk/ModelHandlerTest.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.test/api/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/test/core/editorfwk/ModelHandlerTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 public class ModelHandlerTest extends SIEditorBaseTest {
 
+    private static final String FOLDER_NAME_WITH_HASH = "hash#test";
     @Test
     public void testLoadXSDfromFile() throws IOException, CoreException {
         final IFile file = ResourceUtils.copyFileIntoTestProject("pub/xsd/example.xsd", Document_FOLDER_NAME, this.getProject(),
@@ -74,6 +75,25 @@
 
         assertTrue(modelObject instanceof IWsdlModelRoot);
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadWSDLfromFile_URIwithHASH() throws IOException, CoreException {
+        final IFile file = ResourceUtils.copyFileIntoTestProject("pub/self/mix2/ChangePurchaseOrder_WSD.wsdl",
+                FOLDER_NAME_WITH_HASH, this.getProject(), "ChangePurchaseOrder_WSD.wsdl");
+        refreshProjectNFile(file);
+
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(file.getContents());
+        int readedByte;
+        while ((readedByte = bis.read()) > 0) {
+            sb.append((char) readedByte);
+        }
+
+        String fileContent = sb.toString();
+        IModelObject modelObject = ModelHandler.retrieveModelObjectURIFragmentNone(fileContent, "file:/"+file.getLocation().toString());
+
+        assertTrue(modelObject instanceof IWsdlModelRoot);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testOperationHistoryNotClearedAfterRetrivingModelObject() throws IOException, CoreException, ExecutionException {