diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/.classpath b/spring-mvc-java/.classpath
index efc51b414b..26784dcaf4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/.classpath
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/.classpath
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 0924ed68cf..0f5e334907 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nonnullbydefault=org.eclipse.jdt.annota
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullable=org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullanalysis=disabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.annotationSuperInterface=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.autoboxing=ignore
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedParameterWhenOverridingConcrete=disa
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedPrivateMember=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedWarningToken=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.varargsArgumentNeedCast=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 73770253ee..386dfc1dcd 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <property name="context-root" value="spring-mvc-java"/>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/spring-mvc-java/target/classes"/>
+        <property name="context-root" value="spring-mvc"/>
     </wb-module>
 </project-modules>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index a67649dfa5..546ff4ce8c 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.0"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.6"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
index cacf5451ae..0d0aee4f72 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 DELEGATES_PREFERENCE=delegateValidatorList
 USER_BUILD_PREFERENCE=enabledBuildValidatorListorg.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.classpathdep.ClasspathDependencyValidator;
 USER_MANUAL_PREFERENCE=enabledManualValidatorListorg.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.classpathdep.ClasspathDependencyValidator;
-USER_PREFERENCE=overrideGlobalPreferencestruedisableAllValidationfalseversion1.2.303.v201202090300
+USER_PREFERENCE=overrideGlobalPreferencestruedisableAllValidationfalseversion1.2.402.v201212031633
+disabled=06target
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 override=true
 suspend=false
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 038e70b845..0cf687e6f7 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,158 +1,179 @@
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-mvc-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>spring-mvc-java</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-    <name>spring-mvc-java</name>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
+	<name>spring-mvc-java</name>
+	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
-    <dependencies>
+	<dependencies>
 
-        <!-- Spring -->
+		<!-- Spring -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <!-- web -->
+		<!-- web -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <!-- test scoped -->
+		<!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
-    </dependencies>
+	</dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <finalName>spring-mvc</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
+	<build>
+		<finalName>spring-mvc</finalName>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
 
-        <plugins>
+		<plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<excludes>
+						<!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
+					</excludes>
+					<systemPropertyVariables>
+						<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
+					</systemPropertyVariables>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <wait>true</wait>
-                    <container>
-                        <containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
-                        <type>embedded</type>
-                        <systemProperties>
-                            <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                        </systemProperties>
-                    </container>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <properties>
-                            <cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
-                        </properties>
-                    </configuration>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<wait>true</wait>
+					<container>
+						<containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
+						<type>embedded</type>
+						<systemProperties>
+							<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
+						</systemProperties>
+					</container>
+					<configuration>
+						<properties>
+							<cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
+						</properties>
+					</configuration>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
-        </plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
-    </build>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>3.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		</plugins>
 
-        <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.4.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.26</mysql-connector-java.version>
+	</build>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+	<properties>
+		<!-- Spring -->
+		<org.springframework.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
-        <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+		<!-- persistence -->
+		<hibernate.version>4.2.8.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
+		<!-- logging -->
+		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
+		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
+		<!-- various -->
+		<hibernate-validator.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
-        <httpcore.version>4.2.4</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+		<!-- util -->
+		<guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
-        <rest-assured.version>1.8.1</rest-assured.version>
-        <groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+		<!-- testing -->
+		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
+		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 
-        <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.3</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
+		<httpcore.version>4.3</httpcore.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.3.1</httpclient.version>
+
+		<rest-assured.version>2.0.1</rest-assured.version>
+		<groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+
+		<!-- maven plugins -->
+		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.5</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+
+	</properties>
 
 </project>
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