diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
index 01e541896..2f9b15e89 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/package-info.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdeca4770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * Provides archiva base exception and file type pattern. 
+ */
+package org.apache.archiva.common;
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/PathUtil.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/PathUtil.java
index 69c6ea893..ddafc3e0f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/PathUtil.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/PathUtil.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class PathUtil
     {
         try
         {
-            return file.toURL().toExternalForm();
+            return file.toURI().toURL().toExternalForm();
         }
         catch ( MalformedURLException e )
         {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/Slf4JPlexusLogger.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/Slf4JPlexusLogger.java
index 960e550d2..693bc1c82 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/Slf4JPlexusLogger.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/Slf4JPlexusLogger.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class Slf4JPlexusLogger
     implements org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger
 {
-    private Logger log;
+    private final Logger log;
 
     public Slf4JPlexusLogger( Class<?> clazz )
     {
@@ -43,46 +43,55 @@ public class Slf4JPlexusLogger
         log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( name );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void debug( String message )
     {
         log.debug( message );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void debug( String message, Throwable throwable )
     {
         log.debug( message, throwable );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void error( String message )
     {
         log.error( message );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void error( String message, Throwable throwable )
     {
         log.error( message, throwable );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void fatalError( String message )
     {
         log.error( message );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void fatalError( String message, Throwable throwable )
     {
         log.error( message, throwable );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger getChildLogger( String name )
     {
         return new Slf4JPlexusLogger( log.getName() + "." + name );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getName()
     {
         return log.getName();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getThreshold()
     {
         if ( log.isTraceEnabled() )
@@ -109,51 +118,61 @@ public class Slf4JPlexusLogger
         return org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger.LEVEL_DISABLED;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void info( String message )
     {
         log.info( message );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void info( String message, Throwable throwable )
     {
         log.info( message, throwable );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isDebugEnabled()
     {
         return log.isDebugEnabled();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isErrorEnabled()
     {
         return log.isErrorEnabled();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isFatalErrorEnabled()
     {
         return log.isErrorEnabled();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isInfoEnabled()
     {
         return log.isInfoEnabled();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean isWarnEnabled()
     {
         return log.isWarnEnabled();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void setThreshold( int threshold )
     {
         /* do nothing */
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void warn( String message )
     {
         log.warn( message );
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void warn( String message, Throwable throwable )
     {
         log.warn( message, throwable );
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionComparator.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionComparator.java
index e39a2e9a6..73d0cd752 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionComparator.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionComparator.java
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class VersionComparator
     implements Comparator<String>
 {
-    private static Comparator<String> INSTANCE = new VersionComparator();
+    private static final Comparator<String> INSTANCE = new VersionComparator();
 
-    private List<String> specialWords;
+    private final List<String> specialWords;
 
     public VersionComparator()
     {
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class VersionComparator
         return INSTANCE;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int compare( String o1, String o2 )
     {
         if ( o1 == null && o2 == null )
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionUtil.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionUtil.java
index ab3322027..f00144d55 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionUtil.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/VersionUtil.java
@@ -177,12 +177,7 @@ public class VersionUtil
     public static boolean isUniqueSnapshot( String version )
     {
         Matcher m = UNIQUE_SNAPSHOT_PATTERN.matcher( version );
-        if ( m.matches() )
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
+        return m.matches();
     }
 
     public static boolean isGenericSnapshot( String version )
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/package-info.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf4594991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/common/utils/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+/**
+ * Provides utilities classes for Apache Archiva modules.
+ */
+package org.apache.archiva.common.utils;