diff --git a/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/pom.xml b/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/pom.xml
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+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+  <artifactId>animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>example-animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  
+  <properties>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>	
+    </properties>
+	
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+        <plugins>
+				 <plugin>
+				  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				  <version>3.7.0</version>
+				  <configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				  </configuration>
+				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>1.16</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<signature>
+							<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+							<artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+							<version>1.0</version>
+						</signature>
+					</configuration>
+					<executions>
+						<execution>
+							<id>animal-sniffer</id>
+							<phase>verify</phase>	
+							<goals>
+								<goal>check</goal>
+							</goals>
+						</execution>
+					</executions>
+				</plugin>
+        </plugins>
+
+    </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/App.java b/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/App.java
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+package com.baeldung;
+
+//import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+		//System.out.println(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/src/test/java/com/baeldung/AppTest.java b/animal-sniffer-mvn-plugin/src/test/java/com/baeldung/AppTest.java
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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+		
+        assertTrue( true );
+		
+    }
+}