diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom2.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom2.kt
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+package com.beust.kobalt.maven
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element
+import java.io.File
+import java.util.*
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement
+
+@XmlRootElement(name = "project")
+class PomProject {
+    var modelVersion: String? = null
+    var groupId: String? = null
+    var artifactId: String? = null
+    var version: String? = null
+    var name: String? = null
+    var description: String? = null
+    var url: String? = null
+    var packaging: String? = null
+    var licenses : Licenses? = null
+    var developers: Developers? = null
+    var scm: Scm? = null
+    var properties: Properties? = null
+    var parent: Parent? = null
+    val dependencies = arrayListOf<Dependency>()
+    val pluginRepositories = arrayListOf<PluginRepository>()
+
+    val propertyMap = hashMapOf<String, String>()
+    fun propertyValue(s: String) : String? {
+        if (propertyMap.isEmpty()) {
+            properties?.properties?.forEach {
+                propertyMap.put(it.nodeName, it.textContent.trim())
+            }
+        }
+        return propertyMap[s]
+    }
+}
+
+fun main(argv: Array<String>) {
+    Pom2().read("/Users/beust/t/pom.xml")
+}
+
+class Pom2 {
+    fun read(s: String) {
+        val ins = File(s).inputStream()
+        val jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(PomProject::class.java)
+        val pom = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller().unmarshal(ins) as PomProject
+        println("License: " + pom.licenses?.licenses!![0].name)
+        println("Developer: " + pom.developers?.developers!![0].name)
+        println("Scm: " + pom.scm?.connection)
+        println("Properties: " + pom.propertyValue("kotlin.version"))
+    }
+}
+
+class Properties {
+    @XmlAnyElement @JvmField
+    var properties: ArrayList<Element>? = null
+}
+
+class Developers {
+    @XmlElement(name = "developer") @JvmField
+    var developers: ArrayList<Developer>? = null
+}
+
+class Developer {
+    var name: String? = null
+    var id: String? = null
+}
+
+class Licenses {
+    @XmlElement(name = "license") @JvmField
+    var licenses : ArrayList<License>? = null
+}
+
+class License {
+    var name: String? = null
+    var url: String? = null
+    var distribution: String? = null
+}
+
+class PluginRepository {
+    var id: String? = null
+    var name: String? = null
+    var url: String? = null
+}
+
+class Dependency {
+    var groupId: String? = null
+    var artifactId: String? = null
+    var version: String? = null
+    var scope: String? = null
+    var packaging: String? = null
+}
+
+class Scm {
+    var connection: String? = null
+    var developerConnection: String? = null
+    var url: String? = null
+}
+
+class Parent {
+    var groupId: String? = null
+    var artifactId: String? = null
+    var version: String? = null
+}
+