diff --git a/apache-fop/.classpath b/apache-fop/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0720e4851b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/apache-fop/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch b/apache-fop/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..627021fb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/.externalToolBuilders/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator.launch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.ant.AntBuilderLaunchConfigurationType">
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_BUILDER_ENABLED" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_DISABLED_BUILDER" value="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.javascriptValidator"/>
+<mapAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TOOL_ARGUMENTS"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.ATTR_TRIGGERS_CONFIGURED" value="true"/>
+</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/apache-fop/.gitignore b/apache-fop/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ecc6405c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# Files generated by integration tests
+*.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-fop/.project b/apache-fop/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d91e323034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>apache-fop</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/apache-fop/.springBeans b/apache-fop/.springBeans
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a79097f40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/.springBeans
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beansProjectDescription>
+	<version>1</version>
+	<pluginVersion><![CDATA[3.3.0.201307091516-RELEASE]]></pluginVersion>
+	<configSuffixes>
+		<configSuffix><![CDATA[xml]]></configSuffix>
+	</configSuffixes>
+	<enableImports><![CDATA[false]]></enableImports>
+	<configs>
+		<config>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml</config>
+	</configs>
+	<configSets>
+	</configSets>
+</beansProjectDescription>
diff --git a/apache-fop/README.md b/apache-fop/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..772681ad57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=========
+
+## Core Java Cookbooks and Examples
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Immutable ArrayList in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-immutable-list)
+- [Java - Reading a Large File Efficiently](http://www.baeldung.com/java-read-lines-large-file)
+- [Java InputStream to String](http://www.baeldung.com/convert-input-stream-to-string)
+
diff --git a/apache-fop/pom.xml b/apache-fop/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17df0b410b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+<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>
+	<groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>apache-fop</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<name>apache-fop</name>
+
+	<dependencies>
+
+		<!-- utils -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>${guava.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+			<version>4.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+			<version>3.3</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- web -->
+
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- test scoped -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>apache-fop</finalName>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+
+		<plugins>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+		</plugins>
+
+	</build>
+
+	<properties>
+		<!-- Spring -->
+		<org.springframework.version>4.1.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+
+		<!-- persistence -->
+		<hibernate.version>4.3.7.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.34</mysql-connector-java.version>
+
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+		<jackson.version>2.4.2</jackson.version>
+
+		<!-- logging -->
+		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.7</org.slf4j.version>
+		<logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
+
+		<!-- various -->
+		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+
+		<!-- util -->
+		<guava.version>17.0</guava.version> <!-- upgrade to 18.0 -->
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.2</commons-lang3.version>
+
+		<!-- testing -->
+		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
+		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+		<mockito.version>1.10.8</mockito.version>
+
+		<httpcore.version>4.3.3</httpcore.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.3.6</httpclient.version>
+
+		<rest-assured.version>2.4.0</rest-assured.version>
+
+		<!-- maven plugins -->
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.2</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.5</maven-war-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.10</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+
+	</properties>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-fop/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/apache-fop/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d0ea5037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>web - %date [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %message%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN" /> -->
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c74be8912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48d4b8fe61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+      http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
+      http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
+	id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
+
+	<display-name>Spring MVC Application</display-name>
+
+	<!-- Spring root -->
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
+		<param-value>
+        	org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
+      	</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+	<context-param>
+		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+		<param-value>org.baeldung.config</param-value>
+	</context-param>
+
+	<listener>
+		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
+	</listener>
+
+	<!-- Spring child -->
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>api</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>api</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+
+	<welcome-file-list>
+		<welcome-file />
+	</welcome-file-list>
+
+</web-app>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-fop/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/apache-fop/src/test/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-fop/src/test/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file