diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoder.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoder.java
index b3d5e2fb3e..08e502df70 100644
--- a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoder.java
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoder.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.CorruptedFrameException;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException;
-import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
             final byte readByte = in.getByte(i);
             if (!openingBracketFound && Character.isWhitespace(readByte)) {
                 // xml has not started and whitespace char found
-                leadingWhiteSpaceCount ++;
+                leadingWhiteSpaceCount++;
             } else if (!openingBracketFound && readByte != '<') {
                 // garbage found before xml start
                 fail(ctx);
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (openingBracketFound && atLeastOneXmlElementFound && openBracketsCount == 0) {
+                if (atLeastOneXmlElementFound && openBracketsCount == 0) {
                     // xml is balanced, bailing out
                     break;
                 }
@@ -158,9 +157,11 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoder extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
         final int readerIndex = in.readerIndex();
 
         if (openBracketsCount == 0 && length > 0) {
+            if (length >= in.writerIndex()) {
+                length = in.readableBytes();
+            }
             final ByteBuf frame =
                     extractFrame(in, readerIndex + leadingWhiteSpaceCount, length - leadingWhiteSpaceCount);
-            System.err.println(in + ", " + frame + ", " + frame.toString(CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
             in.skipBytes(length);
             out.add(frame);
         }
diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/package-info.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22dc8ca662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Xml specific codecs.
+ */
+package io.netty.handler.codec.xml;
diff --git a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
index 835213ca0e..3bd9d6cafc 100644
--- a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.TooLongFrameException;
 import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -34,8 +41,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
 
-    private final List<String> xmlSamples =
-            Arrays.asList(SAMPLE_01, SAMPLE_02, SAMPLE_03, SAMPLE_04);
+    private final List<String> xmlSamples;
+
+    public XmlFrameDecoderTest() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        xmlSamples = Arrays.asList(sample("01"), sample("02"), sample("03"), sample("04"));
+    }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
     public void testConstructorWithIllegalArgs01() {
@@ -93,14 +103,14 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
         testDecodeWithXml(
                 "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"loginok\" timestamp=\"1362410583776\"/>\n" +
                         '\n' +
-                        "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"start\" time=\"0\" timestamp=\"1362410584794\">\n" +
-                        "<child active=\"1\" status=\"started\" id=\"935449\" msgnr=\"2\"/>\n" +
-                        "</root>",
+                        "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"start\" time=\"0\" " +
+                        "timestamp=\"1362410584794\">\n<child active=\"1\" status=\"started\" id=\"935449\" " +
+                        "msgnr=\"2\"/>\n</root>",
                 "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"loginok\" timestamp=\"1362410583776\"/>",
                 "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"start\" time=\"0\" timestamp=\"1362410584794\">\n" +
                         "<child active=\"1\" status=\"started\" id=\"935449\" msgnr=\"2\"/>\n" +
                         "</root>"
-                );
+        );
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -137,649 +147,14 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
         assertThat(actual, is(expectedList));
     }
 
-    private static final String SAMPLE_01 = "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"loginok\" timestamp=\"1362392496667\"/>";
-
-    private static final String SAMPLE_02 = "<root xmlns=\"http://www.acme.com/acme\" status=\"start\" time=\"0\" timestamp=\"1362392497684\">\n" +
-            "<child active=\"1\" status=\"started\" id=\"935449\" msgnr=\"2\"/>\n" +
-            "</root>";
-
-    private static final String SAMPLE_03 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
-            "<!--\n" +
-            "  ~ Copyright 2012 The Netty Project\n" +
-            "  ~\n" +
-            "  ~ The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,\n" +
-            "  ~ version 2.0 (the \"License\"); you may not use this file except in compliance\n" +
-            "  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:\n" +
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-            "  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n" +
-            "  ~\n" +
-            "  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n" +
-            "  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT\n" +
-            "  ~ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the\n" +
-            "  ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations\n" +
-            "  ~ under the License.\n" +
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-            "            <version>17</version>\n" +
-            "          </dependency>\n" +
-            "        </dependencies>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <configuration>\n" +
-            "          <includes>\n" +
-            "             <include>**/*Test*.java</include>\n" +
-            "             <include>**/*Benchmark*.java</include>\n" +
-            "          </includes>\n" +
-            "          <excludes>\n" +
-            "            <exclude>**/Abstract*</exclude>\n" +
-            "            <exclude>**/TestUtil*</exclude>\n" +
-            "          </excludes>\n" +
-            "          <runOrder>random</runOrder>\n" +
-            "          <argLine>\n" +
-            "            -server \n" +
-            "            -Dio.netty.resourceLeakDetection\n" +
-            "            -dsa -da -ea:io.netty...\n" +
-            "            -XX:+AggressiveOpts\n" +
-            "            -XX:+TieredCompilation\n" +
-            "            -XX:+UseBiasedLocking\n" +
-            "            -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods\n" +
-            "            -XX:+UseStringCache\n" +
-            "            -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat\n" +
-            "            -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError\n" +
-            "          </argLine>\n" +
-            "        </configuration>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      <!-- always produce osgi bundles -->\n" +
-            "      <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <version>2.3.7</version>\n" +
-            "        <extensions>true</extensions>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>             \n" +
-            "       <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <version>2.1.2</version>\n" +
-            "        <executions>\n" +
-            "          <execution>\n" +
-            "            <id>attach-sources</id>\n" +
-            "            <goals>\n" +
-            "              <goal>jar</goal>\n" +
-            "            </goals>\n" +
-            "          </execution>\n" +
-            "        </executions>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <version>2.8.1</version>\n" +
-            "        <configuration>\n" +
-            "          <detectOfflineLinks>false</detectOfflineLinks>\n" +
-            "          <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>\n" +
-            "          <version>false</version>\n" +
-            "          <author>false</author>\n" +
-            "          <keywords>true</keywords>\n" +
-            "        </configuration>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <version>2.7</version>\n" +
-            "        <configuration>\n" +
-            "          <retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>\n" +
-            "        </configuration>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      <plugin>\n" +
-            "        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "        <version>2.3.2</version>\n" +
-            "        <configuration>\n" +
-            "          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>\n" +
-            "          <arguments>-P release,sonatype-oss-release,full</arguments>\n" +
-            "          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>\n" +
-            "          <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>\n" +
-            "          <tagNameFormat>netty-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>\n" +
-            "        </configuration>\n" +
-            "      </plugin>\n" +
-            "      \n" +
-            "    </plugins>\n" +
-            '\n' +
-            "    <pluginManagement>\n" +
-            "      <plugins>\n" +
-            "        <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.12</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.12</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.5</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.5</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.4</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.4</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.3</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>2.2</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>1.7</version>\n" +
-            "          <dependencies>\n" +
-            "            <dependency>\n" +
-            "              <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>\n" +
-            "              <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>\n" +
-            "              <version>1.0b3</version>\n" +
-            "              <exclusions>\n" +
-            "                <exclusion>\n" +
-            "                  <groupId>ant</groupId>\n" +
-            "                  <artifactId>ant</artifactId>\n" +
-            "                </exclusion>\n" +
-            "              </exclusions>\n" +
-            "            </dependency>\n" +
-            "          </dependencies>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>1.7</version>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>               \n" +
-            '\n' +
-            "        <!-- Workaround for the 'M2E plugin execution not covered' problem.\n" +
-            "             See: http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2E_plugin_execution_not_covered -->\n" +
-            "        <plugin>\n" +
-            "          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>\n" +
-            "          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>\n" +
-            "          <version>1.0.0</version>\n" +
-            "          <configuration>\n" +
-            "            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>\n" +
-            "              <pluginExecutions>\n" +
-            "                <pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "                  <pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>\n" +
-            "                    <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>\n" +
-            "                    <goals>\n" +
-            "                      <goal>check</goal>\n" +
-            "                    </goals>\n" +
-            "                  </pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                  <action>\n" +
-            "                    <execute>\n" +
-            "                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>\n" +
-            "                    </execute>\n" +
-            "                  </action>\n" +
-            "                </pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "                <pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "                  <pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>\n" +
-            "                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>\n" +
-            "                    <goals>\n" +
-            "                      <goal>enforce</goal>\n" +
-            "                    </goals>\n" +
-            "                  </pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                  <action>\n" +
-            "                    <execute>\n" +
-            "                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>\n" +
-            "                    </execute>\n" +
-            "                  </action>\n" +
-            "                </pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "                <pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "                  <pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>\n" +
-            "                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>\n" +
-            "                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>\n" +
-            "                    <goals>\n" +
-            "                      <goal>clean</goal>\n" +
-            "                    </goals>\n" +
-            "                  </pluginExecutionFilter>\n" +
-            "                  <action>\n" +
-            "                    <execute>\n" +
-            "                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>\n" +
-            "                    </execute>\n" +
-            "                  </action>\n" +
-            "                </pluginExecution>\n" +
-            "              </pluginExecutions>\n" +
-            "            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>\n" +
-            "          </configuration>\n" +
-            "        </plugin>\n" +
-            "      </plugins>\n" +
-            "    </pluginManagement>\n" +
-            "  </build>\n" +
-            "</project>";
-
-    private static final String SAMPLE_04 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
-            "<!--\n" +
-            "  ~ Copyright 2012 The Netty Project\n" +
-            "  ~\n" +
-            "  ~ The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,\n" +
-            "  ~ version 2.0 (the \"License\"); you may not use this file except in compliance\n" +
-            "  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:\n" +
-            "  ~\n" +
-            "  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n" +
-            "  ~\n" +
-            "  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n" +
-            "  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT\n" +
-            "  ~ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the\n" +
-            "  ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations\n" +
-            "  ~ under the License.\n" +
-            "  -->\n" +
-            "<FindBugsFilter>\n" +
-            "  <!-- Tests -->\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*Test(\\$[^\\$]+)*\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <!-- Generated code -->\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*\\.LocalTimeProtocol(\\$[^\\$]+)*\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <!-- Noise -->\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Bug code=\"Co,SF\"\n" +
-            "         category=\"I18N\"\n" +
-            "         pattern=\"REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION,UWF_FIELD_NOT_INITIALIZED_IN_CONSTRUCTOR,DB_DUPLICATE_SWITCH_CLAUSES,VO_VOLATILE_REFERENCE_TO_ARRAY\" />\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <!-- Known false positives -->\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*Channel(Group)?Future\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Method name=\"~await.*\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Bug pattern=\"PS_PUBLIC_SEMAPHORES\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*SelectorLoop\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Method name=\"run\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Bug code=\"ESync\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*Channel\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Or>\n" +
-            "      <Method name=\"setClosed\"/>\n" +
-            "      <Method name=\"setInterestOpsNow\"/>\n" +
-            "    </Or>\n" +
-            "    <Bug pattern=\"USM_USELESS_SUBCLASS_METHOD\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Class name=\"~.*HttpTunnelingChannelHandler\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Method name=\"~await.*\"/>\n" +
-            "    <Bug pattern=\"RV_RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED_BAD_PRACTICE,RV_RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED2\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "  <!-- Known issues that don't matter -->\n" +
-            "  <Match>\n" +
-            "    <Or>\n" +
-            "      <Class name=\"~.*\\.util\\.internal\\.Concurrent[A-Za-z]*HashMap(\\$[^\\$]+)*\"/>\n" +
-            "      <Class name=\"~.*\\.util\\.internal\\..*TransferQueue(\\$[^\\$]+)*\"/>\n" +
-            "      <Class name=\"~.*\\.util\\.internal\\.MapBackedSet\"/>\n" +
-            "    </Or>\n" +
-            "    <Bug pattern=\"SE_TRANSIENT_FIELD_NOT_RESTORED,SE_BAD_FIELD\"/>\n" +
-            "  </Match>\n" +
-            "</FindBugsFilter>";
+    private String sample(String number) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        String path = "io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-".concat(number).concat(".xml");
+        URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(path);
+        if (url == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file not found: ".concat(path));
+        }
+        byte[] buf = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(url.toURI()));
+        return StandardCharsets.UTF_8.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(buf)).toString();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-01.xml b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-01.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2408a6fe9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-01.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<root xmlns="http://www.acme.com/acme" status="loginok" timestamp="1362392496667"/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-02.xml b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-02.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffd40cdac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-02.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<root xmlns="http://www.acme.com/acme" status="start" time="0" timestamp="1362392497684">
+    <child active="1" status="started" id="935449" msgnr="2"/>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-03.xml b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-03.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bda593493f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-03.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
+  ~
+  ~ The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+  ~ version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+  ~ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+  ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<FindBugsFilter>
+  <!-- Tests -->
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*Test(\$[^\$]+)*"/>
+  </Match>
+  <!-- Generated code -->
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*\.LocalTimeProtocol(\$[^\$]+)*"/>
+  </Match>
+  <!-- Noise -->
+  <Match>
+    <Bug code="Co,SF"
+         category="I18N"
+         pattern="REC_CATCH_EXCEPTION,UWF_FIELD_NOT_INITIALIZED_IN_CONSTRUCTOR,DB_DUPLICATE_SWITCH_CLAUSES,VO_VOLATILE_REFERENCE_TO_ARRAY" />
+  </Match>
+  <!-- Known false positives -->
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*Channel(Group)?Future"/>
+    <Method name="~await.*"/>
+    <Bug pattern="PS_PUBLIC_SEMAPHORES"/>
+  </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*SelectorLoop"/>
+    <Method name="run"/>
+    <Bug code="ESync"/>
+  </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*Channel"/>
+    <Or>
+      <Method name="setClosed"/>
+      <Method name="setInterestOpsNow"/>
+    </Or>
+    <Bug pattern="USM_USELESS_SUBCLASS_METHOD"/>
+  </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <Class name="~.*HttpTunnelingChannelHandler"/>
+    <Method name="~await.*"/>
+    <Bug pattern="RV_RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED_BAD_PRACTICE,RV_RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED2"/>
+  </Match>
+  <!-- Known issues that don't matter -->
+  <Match>
+    <Or>
+      <Class name="~.*\.util\.internal\.Concurrent[A-Za-z]*HashMap(\$[^\$]+)*"/>
+      <Class name="~.*\.util\.internal\..*TransferQueue(\$[^\$]+)*"/>
+      <Class name="~.*\.util\.internal\.MapBackedSet"/>
+    </Or>
+    <Bug pattern="SE_TRANSIENT_FIELD_NOT_RESTORED,SE_BAD_FIELD"/>
+  </Match>
+</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-04.xml b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-04.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65bc2ccd8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codec/src/test/resources/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-04.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,773 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
+  ~
+  ~ The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+  ~ version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+  ~ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+  ~ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<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>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>7</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+  <artifactId>netty-parent</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <version>4.0.14.Final-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>Netty</name>
+  <url>http://netty.io/</url>
+  <description>
+    Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for 
+    rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers and
+    clients.
+  </description>
+
+  <organization>
+    <name>The Netty Project</name>
+    <url>http://netty.io/</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
+
+  <scm>
+    <url>https://github.com/netty/netty</url>
+    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/netty/netty.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/netty/netty.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+  </scm>
+
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>netty.io</id>
+      <name>The Netty Project Contributors</name>
+      <email>netty@googlegroups.com</email>
+      <url>http://netty.io/</url>
+      <organization>The Netty Project</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>http://netty.io/</organizationUrl>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <jboss.marshalling.version>1.3.18.GA</jboss.marshalling.version>
+    <test.jvm.argLine>
+      -server 
+      -dsa -da -ea:io.netty...
+      -XX:+AggressiveOpts
+      -XX:+TieredCompilation
+      -XX:+UseBiasedLocking
+      -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods
+      -XX:+UseStringCache
+      -XX:+OptimizeStringConcat
+      -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+    </test.jvm.argLine>
+  </properties>
+ 
+  <modules>
+    <module>common</module>
+    <module>buffer</module>
+    <module>codec</module>
+    <module>codec-http</module>
+    <module>codec-socks</module>
+    <module>transport</module>
+    <module>transport-rxtx</module>
+    <module>transport-sctp</module>
+    <module>transport-udt</module>
+    <module>handler</module>
+    <module>example</module>
+    <module>testsuite</module>
+    <module>microbench</module>
+    <module>all</module>
+    <module>tarball</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <!-- Byte code generator - completely optional -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+        <version>3.18.0-GA</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+        <optional>true</optional>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- JBoss Marshalling - completely optional -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jboss.marshalling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jboss-marshalling</artifactId>
+        <version>${jboss.marshalling.version}</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+        <optional>true</optional>
+      </dependency>
+    
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jzlib</artifactId>
+          <version>1.1.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.rxtx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rxtx</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.7</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.barchart.udt</groupId>
+        <artifactId>barchart-udt-bundle</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+        <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.17</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
+            <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <artifactId>jms</artifactId>
+            <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+        <optional>true</optional>
+      </dependency>
+      
+      <!-- Metrics providers -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
+        <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      
+      <!-- Test dependencies for jboss marshalling encoder/decoder -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jboss.marshalling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jboss-marshalling-serial</artifactId>
+        <version>${jboss.marshalling.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jboss.marshalling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jboss-marshalling-river</artifactId>
+        <version>${jboss.marshalling.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- Test dependencies for microbench -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.caliper</groupId>
+        <artifactId>caliper</artifactId>
+        <version>0.5-rc1</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Enable Javassist support for all test runs -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Testing frameworks and related dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.11</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymockclassextension</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jmock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jmock-junit4</artifactId>
+      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.13</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-tools</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <!-- Enforce java 1.7 as minimum for compiling -->
+                  <!-- This is needed because of java.util.zip.Deflater and NIO UDP multicast-->
+                  <version>[1.7.0,)</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>[3.0.5,3.1)</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compilerVersion>1.7</compilerVersion>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+          <debug>true</debug>
+          <optimize>true</optimize>
+          <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
+          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <compilerArgument>-Xlint:-options</compilerArgument>
+          <!-- XXX: maven-release-plugin complains - MRELEASE-715 -->
+          <!--
+          <compilerArguments>
+            <Xlint:-options />
+            <Xlint:unchecked />
+            <Xlint:deprecation />
+          </compilerArguments>
+          -->
+          <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
+          <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!-- ensure that only methods available in java 1.6 can
+             be used even when compiling with java 1.7+ -->
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <signature>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </signature>
+          <ignores>
+            <ignore>sun.misc.Unsafe</ignore>
+            <ignore>sun.misc.Cleaner</ignore>
+
+            <ignore>java.util.zip.Deflater</ignore>
+
+            <!-- Used for NIO UDP multicast -->
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.MembershipKey</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.net.StandardProtocolFamily</ignore>
+
+            <!-- Used for NIO. 2 -->
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.AsynchronousChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.AsynchronousSocketChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.AsynchronousServerSocketChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.AsynchronousChannelGroup</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.NetworkChannel</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.channels.InterruptedByTimeoutException</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.net.StandardSocketOptions</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.net.SocketOption</ignore>
+          </ignores>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>check-style</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+              <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
+              <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+              <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+              <configLocation>io/netty/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+              <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-build</artifactId>
+            <version>19</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <includes>
+             <include>**/*Test*.java</include>
+             <include>**/*Benchmark*.java</include>
+          </includes>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>**/Abstract*</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/TestUtil*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+          <runOrder>random</runOrder>
+          <argLine>${test.jvm.argLine}</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- always produce osgi bundles -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-manifest</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>manifest</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <instructions>
+                <Export-Package>${project.groupId}.*</Export-Package>
+                <!-- enforce JVM vendor package as optional -->
+                <Import-Package>sun.misc.*;resolution:=optional,*</Import-Package>
+                <!-- override "internal" private package convention -->
+                <Private-Package>!*</Private-Package>
+              </instructions>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>             
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <!--
+            ~ This workaround prevents Maven from executing the 'generate-sources' phase twice.
+            ~ See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSOURCES-13
+            ~ and http://blog.peterlynch.ca/2010/05/maven-how-to-prevent-generate-sources.html
+            -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-sources</id>
+            <phase>invalid</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-sources-no-fork</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <detectOfflineLinks>false</detectOfflineLinks>
+          <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
+          <version>false</version>
+          <author>false</author>
+          <keywords>true</keywords>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.7</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+          <arguments>-P release,sonatype-oss-release,full,no-osgi</arguments>
+          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+          <allowTimestampedSnapshots>false</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
+          <tagNameFormat>netty-@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Ensure to put maven-antrun-plugin at the end of the plugin list
+           so that they are run lastly in the same phase. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <!-- Generate the version properties for all artifacts. -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>write-version-properties</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
+
+                <!-- Get the information about the latest commit -->
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.shortCommitHash" resultproperty="gitExitCode.shortCommitHash" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                  <arg value="log" />
+                  <arg value="-1" />
+                  <arg value="--format=format:%h" />
+                </exec>
+                <if>
+                  <equals arg2="0" arg1="${gitExitCode.shortCommitHash}" />
+                  <then>
+                    <property name="shortCommitHash" value="${gitOutput.shortCommitHash}" />
+                  </then>
+                  <else>
+                    <property name="shortCommitHash" value="0" />
+                  </else>
+                </if>
+
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.longCommitHash" resultproperty="gitExitCode.longCommitHash" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                  <arg value="log" />
+                  <arg value="-1" />
+                  <arg value="--format=format:%H" />
+                </exec>
+                <if>
+                  <equals arg2="0" arg1="${gitExitCode.longCommitHash}" />
+                  <then>
+                    <property name="longCommitHash" value="${gitOutput.longCommitHash}" />
+                  </then>
+                  <else>
+                    <property name="longCommitHash" value="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" />
+                  </else>
+                </if>
+
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.commitDate" resultproperty="gitExitCode.commitDate" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                  <arg value="log" />
+                  <arg value="-1" />
+                  <arg value="--format=format:%cd" />
+                  <arg value="--date=iso" />
+                </exec>
+                <if>
+                  <equals arg2="0" arg1="${gitExitCode.commitDate}" />
+                  <then>
+                    <property name="commitDate" value="${gitOutput.commitDate}" />
+                  </then>
+                  <else>
+                    <property name="commitDate" value="1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000" />
+                  </else>
+                </if>
+
+                <exec executable="git" outputproperty="gitOutput.repoStatus" resultproperty="gitExitCode.repoStatus" failonerror="false" failifexecutionfails="false">
+                  <arg value="status" />
+                  <arg value="--porcelain" />
+                </exec>
+                <if>
+                  <equals arg2="0" arg1="${gitExitCode.repoStatus}" />
+                  <then>
+                    <if>
+                      <equals arg2="" arg1="${gitOutput.repoStatus}" />
+                      <then>
+                        <property name="repoStatus" value="clean" />
+                      </then>
+                      <else>
+                        <property name="repoStatus" value="dirty" />
+                      </else>
+                    </if>
+                  </then>
+                  <else>
+                    <property name="repoStatus" value="unknown" />
+                  </else>
+                </if>
+
+                <!-- Print the obtained commit information. -->
+                <echo>Current commit: ${shortCommitHash} on ${commitDate}</echo>
+
+                <!-- Generate the .properties file. -->
+                <!--
+                <property name="metaInfDir" value="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF" />
+                -->
+                <property name="metaInfDir" value="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF" />
+                <property name="versionPropFile" value="${metaInfDir}/${project.groupId}.versions.properties" />
+                <mkdir dir="${metaInfDir}" />
+                <delete file="${versionPropFile}" quiet="true" />
+
+                <propertyfile file="${versionPropFile}" comment="Generated by netty-parent/pom.xml">
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.version" value="${project.version}" />
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.buildDate" type="date" value="now" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z" />
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.commitDate" value="${commitDate}" />
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.shortCommitHash" value="${shortCommitHash}" />
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.longCommitHash" value="${longCommitHash}" />
+                  <entry key="${project.artifactId}.repoStatus" value="${repoStatus}" />
+                </propertyfile>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0b3</version>
+            <exclusions>
+              <exclusion>
+                <groupId>ant</groupId>
+                <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.15</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.15</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.6</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>default-jar</id>
+              <configuration>
+                <archive>
+                  <manifest>
+                    <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+                  </manifest>
+                  <index>true</index>
+                  <manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+                </archive>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.8</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <!-- Do NOT upgrade -->
+          <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.7</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
+              <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0b3</version>
+              <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>ant</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+              </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.8</version>
+        </plugin>               
+
+        <!-- Workaround for the 'M2E plugin execution not covered' problem.
+             See: http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2E_plugin_execution_not_covered -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0.0</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+              <pluginExecutions>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[1.7,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>run</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <ignore />
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>check</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <execute>
+                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>
+                    </execute>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>enforce</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <execute>
+                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>
+                    </execute>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>clean</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <execute>
+                      <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>
+                    </execute>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>[2.4,)</versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>manifest</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <ignore />
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+              </pluginExecutions>
+            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
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