Maven project

.gitignore

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+
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/maven,eclipse
+
+### Maven ###
+target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+
+
+### Eclipse ###
+
+.metadata
+bin/
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.recommenders
+
+# Eclipse Core
+.project
+
+# External tool builders
+.externalToolBuilders/
+
+# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
+*.launch
+
+# PyDev specific (Python IDE for Eclipse)
+*.pydevproject
+
+# CDT-specific (C/C++ Development Tooling)
+.cproject
+
+# JDT-specific (Eclipse Java Development Tools)
+.classpath
+
+# Java annotation processor (APT)
+.factorypath
+
+# PDT-specific (PHP Development Tools)
+.buildpath
+
+# sbteclipse plugin
+.target
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+# Tern plugin
+.tern-project
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+# TeXlipse plugin
+.texlipse
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+# STS (Spring Tool Suite)
+.springBeans
+
+# Code Recommenders
+.recommenders/

README.md

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 Follow these steps
 
-1. Download the following jars and save them in a local folder
-  * Apache HttpClient 4.5 is located at https://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi
-  * Download and extract the .zip file httpcomponents-client-4.5-bin.zip in to a folder
-  * Download JSON parser - json_simple-1.1.jar from https://code.google.com/p/json-simple/downloads/detail?name=json_simple-1.1.jar&can=2&q= in to a folder
-2. Download and extract the Commerce-API-Java source code zip file from GIT hub
-3. Eclipse IDE is required to run the Commerce-API-Java project, please download the same from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
-4. If JDK is not installed, download & install latest jdk from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
-5. Open the eclipse IDE and click on File->Import
-
-  ![File Import Menu](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-1.png "File Import Menu")
-6. Select “Existing Projects into Workspace” option and click next
-
-  ![Existing Projects into Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-2.png "Existing Projects into Workspace")
-7. Select the root directory option and browse for the extracted code, an example illustration is shown below. Click Finish
-
-  ![Import Projects](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-3.png "Import Projects")
-8. The code along with the project should appear as below in the eclipse IDE
-
-  ![Code in IDE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-4.png "Code in IDE")
-9. Configure the Java Build Path 
-  1.	Right click on the project and click on “Properties->Java Build Path”
-  2.	Click “Add External JARs” and choose the following jar files from the local folders where they were downloaded earlier
-    * httpclient-4.5.jar 
-    * httpcore-4.4.1.jar
-    * commons-logging-1.2.jar 
-    * json-simple-1.1.1.jar
-
-  ![Java Build Path](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-5.png "Java Build Path")
-10. Eclipse should now build the project with no errors.
-11. To run the sample right click on the file TestCrestApi.java, select Debug-As, and select Java Application.
+1. Eclipse IDE is optional to run the Commerce-API-Java project, please download the same from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
+2. If JDK is not installed, download & install latest jdk from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
+3. Open the eclipse IDE and click on File->Import 
+4. ![File Import Menu](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PartnerCenterSamples/Commerce-API-Java/master/ReadmeImages/CREST-Java-Img-1.png "File Import Menu")
+6. Select “Maven > Existing Maven Projects” option and click next
+7. Select the root directory option and browse for the extracted code. Click Finish
+8. Eclipse should now build the project with no errors.
+9. To run the sample right click on the file TestCrestApi.java, select Debug-As, and select Java Application.

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.microsoft.partnercenter</groupId>
+	<artifactId>Commerce-API-Java</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+			<version>4.5.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>