diff --git a/apache-commons-configuration-intro/.gitignore b/apache-commons-configuration-intro/.gitignore
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+
+# Files
+.classpath
+.externalToolBuilders
+.gradle
+.project
+.pydevproject
+.settings
+.sonar
+*~
+*.ipr
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.swp
+*.DS_Store
+*.snap.debug
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+
+# Directories
+.idea/
+.run/
+.venv/
+_site/
+build/
+dist/
+docs/_build/
+gen-java/
+gen-javabean/
+gen-py/
+node_modules/
+target/
diff --git a/apache-commons-configuration-intro/README.md b/apache-commons-configuration-intro/README.md
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+# Overview
+This project can serve as starting point for Maven and Java based projects.
+
+# Links
diff --git a/apache-commons-configuration-intro/database.properties b/apache-commons-configuration-intro/database.properties
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+database.host = db.acme.com
+database.port = 8199
+database.user = admin
+database.password = ???
+database.timeout = 60000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-commons-configuration-intro/pom.xml b/apache-commons-configuration-intro/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <name>mvn_base</name>
+    <description>description</description>
+    <url>https://swingbe.de</url>
+    <groupId>de.swingbe</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mvn_base</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>GNU General Public License</name>
+            <url>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <scm>
+        <url>https://github.com/Software-Ingenieur-Begerad/sandbox-java</url>
+    </scm>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Other properties -->
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Target Java versions -->
+                    <release>11</release>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.4</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <!-- exclude signatures from merged JAR to avoid invalid signature messages -->
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                            <!-- The shaded JAR will not be the main artifact for the project, it will be attached
+                              for deployment in the way source and docs are. -->
+                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true
+                            </shadedArtifactAttached>
+                            <shadedClassifierName>shaded</shadedClassifierName>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <manifestEntries>
+                                        <Main-Class>de.swingbe.mvn_base.Main
+                                        </Main-Class>
+                                    </manifestEntries>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-configuration2 -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/apache-commons-configuration-intro/src/main/java/de/swingbe/mvn_base/Main.java b/apache-commons-configuration-intro/src/main/java/de/swingbe/mvn_base/Main.java
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+package de.swingbe.mvn_base;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.fluent.Configurations;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+        Configurations configs = new Configurations();
+        try {
+            Configuration config = configs.properties(new File("database.properties"));
+
+            // access configuration properties
+            System.out.println("Access configuration properties!");
+
+            String dbHost = config.getString("database.host", "host");
+            System.out.println("dbHost: " + dbHost);
+
+            String falsePositive = config.getString("falsePositive", "falsePositive");
+            System.out.println("falsePositive: " + falsePositive);
+
+            int dbPort = config.getInt("database.port", 65535);
+            System.out.println("dbPort: " + dbPort);
+
+            String dbUser = config.getString("database.user", "user");
+            System.out.println("dbUser: " + dbUser);
+
+            String dbPassword = config.getString("database.password", "secret");  // provide a default
+            System.out.println("dbPassword: " + dbPassword);
+
+            long dbTimeout = config.getLong("database.timeout");
+            System.out.println("dbTimeout: " + dbTimeout);
+        } catch (ConfigurationException cex) {
+            System.err.println("Something went wrong!");
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+}