diff --git a/examples/java/.gitignore b/examples/java/.gitignore
index 51e51c5..6e9dd4c 100644
--- a/examples/java/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/java/.gitignore
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-**/.idea/dictionaries
-**/.idea/gradle.xml
-**/.idea/libraries
-**/.idea/tasks.xml
-**/.idea/workspace.xml
-*.iws
-.DS_Store
 .classpath
+.DS_Store
 .gradle
 .kobalt
 .nb-gradle
 .project
 .settings
+*.iws
+**/.idea/dictionaries
+**/.idea/gradle.xml
+**/.idea/libraries
+**/.idea/tasks.xml
+**/.idea/workspace.xml
 /bin
 /build
 /deploy
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /proguard-project.txt
 /project.properties
 /test-output
-Thumbs.db
 ehthumbs.db
-kobaltBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+kobaltBuild
+target
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/examples/java/pom.xml b/examples/java/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38776a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/java/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" 
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>Example</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <name>Example</name>
+
+    <properties>
+        <semver>1.2.0</semver>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
+                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                        <generatedSourcesDirectory>src/generated/java</generatedSourcesDirectory>
+                        <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                            <annotationProcessorPath>
+                                <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>semver</artifactId>
+                                <version>${semver}</version>
+                            </annotationProcessorPath>
+                        </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>my-execution</id>
+                            <phase>package</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>java</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <mainClass>com.example.Example</mainClass>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
+            <artifactId>semver</artifactId>
+            <version>${semver}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>