diff --git a/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/pom.xml b/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/pom.xml
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index 1d989aaa61..0000000000
--- a/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/pom.xml
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-<model>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>Maven Rar plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-    </dependency>    
-  </dependencies>
-</model>
diff --git a/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/rar/RarMojo.java b/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/rar/RarMojo.java
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--- a/sandbox/maven-rar-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/rar/RarMojo.java
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@@ -1,221 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugin.rar;
-
-/*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 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.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiver;
-import org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiveConfiguration;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Builds J2EE Resource Adapter Archive (RAR) files.
- *
- * @author <a href="stephane.nicoll@gmail.com">Stephane Nicoll</a>
- * @version $Id$
- * @goal rar
- * @phase package
- * @requiresDependencyResolution test
- * @description builds a rar
- */
-public class RarMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    public static final String RA_XML_URI = "META-INF/ra.xml";
-
-
-    /**
-     * Single directory for extra files to include in the RAR.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${basedir}/src/rar"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String rarSourceDirectory;
-
-    /**
-     * The location of the ra.xml file to be used within the rar file.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${basedir}/src/rar/META-INF/ra.xml"
-     */
-    private String raXmlLocation;
-
-    /**
-     * Specify if the generated jar file of this project should be
-     * included in the rar file ; default is true.
-     *
-     * @parameter
-     */
-    private Boolean includeJar = Boolean.TRUE;
-
-    /**
-     * The location of the manifest file to be used within the rar file.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${basedir}/src/rar/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
-     * @TODO handle this field
-     */
-    private String manifestLocation;
-
-    /**
-     * Directory that resources are copied to during the build.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String workDirectory;
-
-    /**
-     * The directory for the generated RAR.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${project.build.directory}"
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String outputDirectory;
-
-    /**
-     * The name of the RAR file to generate.
-     *
-     * @parameter alias="rarName" expression="${project.build.finalName}"
-     * @required
-     * @readonly
-     */
-    private String finalName;
-
-    /**
-     * The maven project.
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${project}"
-     * @required
-     * @readonly
-     * @description "the maven project to use"
-     */
-    private MavenProject project;
-
-    /**
-     * The maven archiver to use.
-     *
-     * @parameter
-     */
-    private MavenArchiveConfiguration archive = new MavenArchiveConfiguration();
-
-
-    private File buildDir;
-
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        getLog().debug( " ======= RarMojo settings =======" );
-        getLog().debug( "rarSourceDirectory[" + rarSourceDirectory + "]" );
-        getLog().debug( "manifestLocation[" + manifestLocation + "]" );
-        getLog().debug( "raXmlLocation[" + raXmlLocation + "]" );
-        getLog().debug( "workDirectory[" + workDirectory + "]" );
-        getLog().debug( "outputDirectory[" + outputDirectory + "]" );
-        getLog().debug( "finalName[" + finalName + "]" );
-
-        // Check if jar file is there and if requested, copy it
-        try
-        {
-            if (includeJar.booleanValue()) {
-                File generatedJarFile = new File( outputDirectory, finalName + ".jar" );
-                if (generatedJarFile.exists()) {
-                    getLog().info( "Including generated jar file["+generatedJarFile.getName()+"]");
-                    FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory( generatedJarFile, getBuildDir());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error copying generated Jar file", e );
-        }
-
-        // Copy dependencies
-        try
-        {
-            Set artifacts = project.getArtifacts();
-            for ( Iterator iter = artifacts.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); )
-            {
-                Artifact artifact = (Artifact) iter.next();
-                if ( !Artifact.SCOPE_TEST.equals( artifact.getScope() ) &&
-                    !Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED.equals( artifact.getScope() ) )
-                {
-                    getLog().info("Copying artifact[" + artifact.getGroupId() + ", " + artifact.getId() + ", " +
-                        artifact.getScope() + "]");
-                    FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory( artifact.getFile(), getBuildDir() );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error copying RAR dependencies", e );
-        }
-
-        // Copy source files
-        try
-        {
-            File rarSourceDir = new File( rarSourceDirectory );
-            if ( rarSourceDir.exists() )
-            {
-                getLog().info( "Copy rar resources to " + getBuildDir().getAbsolutePath() );
-                FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( rarSourceDir, getBuildDir() );
-            }
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error copying RAR resources", e );
-        }
-
-        // Check if connector deployment descriptor is there
-        File ddFile = new File( getBuildDir(), RA_XML_URI );
-        if ( !ddFile.exists() )
-        {
-            getLog().warn(
-                "Connector deployment descriptor: " + ddFile.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist." );
-        }
-
-        try
-        {
-            File rarFile = new File( outputDirectory, finalName + ".rar" );
-            MavenArchiver archiver = new MavenArchiver();
-            archiver.setOutputFile( rarFile );
-
-            archiver.getArchiver().addDirectory( getBuildDir() );
-            archiver.createArchive( project, archive );
-        }
-        catch ( Exception e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error assembling RAR", e );
-        }
-
-
-    }
-
-    protected File getBuildDir()
-    {
-        if ( buildDir == null )
-        {
-            buildDir = new File( workDirectory );
-        }
-        return buildDir;
-    }
-}