diff --git a/maven-all/maven-2/.gitignore b/maven-all/maven-2/.gitignore
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+/output-resources
+/.idea/
diff --git a/maven-all/maven-2/README.md b/maven-all/maven-2/README.md
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+## Apache Maven
+
+This module contains articles about core Apache Maven. Articles about other Maven plugins (such as the Maven WAR Plugin)
+have their own dedicated modules. 
+
+### Relevant Articles
diff --git a/maven-all/maven-2/pom.xml b/maven-all/maven-2/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>maven-2</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>maven-2</name>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.13</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.0.0</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>write-project-properties</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/properties-from-pom.properties</outputFile>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<properties>
+		<name>${project.name}</name>
+		<my.awesome.property>property-from-pom</my.awesome.property>
+	</properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-all/maven-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReader.java b/maven-all/maven-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReader.java
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+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Reads properties from one file.
+ * 
+ * @author Donato Rimenti
+ */
+public class PropertiesReader {
+
+    /**
+     * Properties managed by this reader.
+     */
+    private Properties properties;
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the property file with the given name.
+     * 
+     * @param propertyFileName the name of the property file to read
+     * @throws IOException if the file is not found or there's a problem reading it
+     */
+    public PropertiesReader(String propertyFileName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream is = getClass().getClassLoader()
+            .getResourceAsStream(propertyFileName);
+        this.properties = new Properties();
+        this.properties.load(is);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the property with the given name from the property file.
+     * @param propertyName the name of the property to read
+     * @return the property with the given name
+     */
+    public String getProperty(String propertyName) {
+        return this.properties.getProperty(propertyName);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/maven-all/maven-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java b/maven-all/maven-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java
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+++ b/maven-all/maven-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test for {@link PropertiesReader}.
+ * 
+ * @author Donato Rimenti
+ */
+public class PropertiesReaderUnitTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Reads a property and checks that's the one expected.
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException if anything goes wrong
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void givenPomProperties_whenPropertyRead_thenPropertyReturned() throws IOException {
+        PropertiesReader reader = new PropertiesReader("properties-from-pom.properties");
+        String property = reader.getProperty("my.awesome.property");
+        Assert.assertEquals("property-from-pom", property);
+    }
+
+}
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