diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ExclusionInstance.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ExclusionInstance.java
index 01e7559580f..f29e3dc928e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ExclusionInstance.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ExclusionInstance.java
@@ -47,9 +47,26 @@ public class ExclusionInstance {
 	public static final String FILE_VALUE = "FILE"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	public static final String DISPLAY_STRING_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "displayString"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	
-	private ExclusionType fInstanceExclusionType;
-	private IResource fResource;
-	private String fDisplayString;
+	protected ExclusionType fInstanceExclusionType;
+	protected IResource fResource;
+	protected String fDisplayString;
+	protected RefreshExclusion fParent;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the parent exclusion of this exclusion instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @return RefreshExclusion
+	 */
+	public RefreshExclusion getParentExclusion() {
+		return fParent;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param parent the RefreshExclusion to set as the parent.
+	 */
+	public void setParentExclusion(RefreshExclusion parent) {
+		fParent = parent;
+	}
 
 	public ExclusionType getExclusionType() {
 		return fInstanceExclusionType;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshExclusion.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshExclusion.java
index 7733bfc01c8..74a859b8ce1 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshExclusion.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshExclusion.java
@@ -52,9 +52,31 @@ public abstract class RefreshExclusion {
 	protected List<ExclusionInstance> fExclusionInstanceList = new LinkedList<ExclusionInstance>();
 	protected List<RefreshExclusion> fNestedExclusions = new LinkedList<RefreshExclusion>();
 	protected ExclusionType fExclusionType;
-	protected RefreshExclusion fParent;
+	protected RefreshExclusion fParentExclusion;
+	protected IResource fParentResource;
+	
+
 	protected String fContributorId;
 	
+	/**
+	 * If this exclusion is a direct descendant of a resource, returns that resource.
+	 * Otherwise, returns null;
+	 * 
+	 * @return IResource
+	 */
+	public IResource getParentResource() {
+		return fParentResource;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the parent resource of this exclusion.
+	 * 
+	 * @param parentResource the parent resource to set
+	 */
+	public void setParentResource(IResource parentResource) {
+		this.fParentResource = parentResource;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * @return a String corresponding to the ID of the RefreshExclusionContributor that was used to create
 	 * this exclusion.
@@ -72,12 +94,12 @@ public abstract class RefreshExclusion {
 	 * 
 	 * @return RefreshExclusion
 	 */
-	public RefreshExclusion getParent() {
-		return fParent;
+	public RefreshExclusion getParentExclusion() {
+		return fParentExclusion;
 	}
 
-	public void setParent(RefreshExclusion parent) {
-		fParent = parent;
+	public void setParentExclusion(RefreshExclusion parent) {
+		fParentExclusion = parent;
 	}
 
 	public ExclusionType getExclusionType() {
@@ -114,6 +136,7 @@ public abstract class RefreshExclusion {
 	 * @param exclusionInstance
 	 */
 	public void addExclusionInstance(ExclusionInstance exclusionInstance) {
+		exclusionInstance.setParentExclusion(this);
 		fExclusionInstanceList.add(exclusionInstance);
 	}
 	
@@ -136,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class RefreshExclusion {
 	
 	public void addNestedExclusion(RefreshExclusion exclusion) {
 		fNestedExclusions.add(exclusion);
-		exclusion.setParent(this);
+		exclusion.setParentExclusion(this);
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -249,7 +272,7 @@ public abstract class RefreshExclusion {
 		}	
 		
 		// set parent
-		newExclusion.fParent = parent;
+		newExclusion.fParentExclusion = parent;
 		
 		newExclusion.fContributorId  = exclusionElement.getAttribute(CONTRIBUTOR_ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
 		
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshScopeManager.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshScopeManager.java
index c3dfe48aa4f..2b919a5651e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshScopeManager.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/RefreshScopeManager.java
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@
 package org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
-import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ public class RefreshScopeManager {
 		
 	}
 	
-	private TreeMap<IProject, Set<IResource>> fProjectToResourcesMap;
+	private TreeMap<IProject, LinkedHashSet<IResource>> fProjectToResourcesMap;
 	private TreeMap<IResource, List<RefreshExclusion>> fResourceToExclusionsMap;
 	
 	private static RefreshScopeManager fInstance;
@@ -89,12 +88,8 @@ public class RefreshScopeManager {
 	 * @param project
 	 * @return Set<IResource>
 	 */
-	public Set<IResource> getResourcesToRefresh(IProject project) {
-		Set<IResource> retval = fProjectToResourcesMap.get(project);
-		
-		if(retval == null) {
-			return Collections.emptySet();
-		}
+	public List<IResource> getResourcesToRefresh(IProject project) {
+		List<IResource> retval = new LinkedList<IResource>(fProjectToResourcesMap.get(project));
 		
 		return retval;
 	}