diff --git a/ipojo/ant/pom.xml b/ipojo/ant/pom.xml
index 3116196..168655c 100644
--- a/ipojo/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/ipojo/ant/pom.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 	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
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
 							org.objectweb.asm.commons;-split-package:=merge-first,
 							org.apache.xerces.parsers, org.apache.xerces.xni*,
 							org.apache.xerces.impl*, org.apache.xerces.util.*,
-							org.apache.xerces.dom.*, org.apache.xerces.dom3.* 
+							org.apache.xerces.dom.*, org.apache.xerces.dom3.*
 						</Private-Package>
 						<Export-Package> org.apache.felix.ipojo.task </Export-Package>
 						<Include-Resource> META-INF/LICENCE=LICENSE,
-							META-INF/NOTICE=NOTICE, META-INF/LICENSE.asm=LICENSE.asm 
+							META-INF/NOTICE=NOTICE, META-INF/LICENSE.asm=LICENSE.asm
 						</Include-Resource>
 					</instructions>
 					<obrRepository>NONE</obrRepository>
diff --git a/ipojo/ant/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/task/IPojoTask.java b/ipojo/ant/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/task/IPojoTask.java
index acdb568..be224d1 100644
--- a/ipojo/ant/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/task/IPojoTask.java
+++ b/ipojo/ant/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/task/IPojoTask.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -30,32 +30,32 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
  */
 public class IPojoTask extends Task {
-    
+
     /** Metadata file. */
     private File m_metadata;
-    
+
     /** Input bundle. */
     private File m_input;
-    
+
     /** Output bundle. */
     private File m_output;
-    
+
     /** Input directory. */
     private File m_directory;
-    
+
     /** Input manifest. */
     private File m_manifest;
 
     /** Flag describing if we need to ignore annotation of not. */
     private boolean m_ignoreAnnotations = false;
-    
+
     /**
      * Flag describing if we need or not use local XSD files
      * (i.e. use the {@link SchemaResolver} or not).
      * If <code>true</code> the local XSD are not used.
      */
     private boolean m_ignoreLocalXSD = false;
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the metadata file.
      * @param meta : the metadata file.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     public void setMetadata(File meta) {
         m_metadata = meta;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the manifest file.
      * @param manifest : the manifest file.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     public void setManifest(File manifest) {
         m_manifest = manifest;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the input bundle.
      * @param in : the input bundle
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     public void setInput(File in) {
         m_input = in;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the input directory.
      * @param dir : the input directory
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     public void setDir(File dir) {
         m_directory  = dir;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set the output bundle.
      * @param out : the output bundle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     public void setOutput(File out) {
         m_output = out;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set if we need to ignore annotations or not.
      * @param flag : true if we need to ignore annotations.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     public void setIgnoreAnnotations(boolean flag) {
         m_ignoreAnnotations = flag;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Set if we need to use embedded XSD files or not.
      * @param flag : true if we need to ignore embedded XSD files.
@@ -111,35 +111,35 @@
     public void setIgnoreEmbeddedSchemas(boolean flag) {
         m_ignoreLocalXSD = flag;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Execute the Ant Task.
      * @see org.apache.tools.ant.Task#execute()
      */
     public void execute() {
-        
+
         if (m_input == null  && m_directory == null) {
             throw new BuildException("Neither input bundle nor directory specified");
         }
-        
+
         if (m_input != null && !m_input.exists()) {
             throw new BuildException("The input bundle " + m_input.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
         }
-        
+
         if (m_directory != null && !m_directory.exists()) {
             throw new BuildException("The input directory " + m_directory.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
         }
         if (m_directory != null && !m_directory.isDirectory()) {
             throw new BuildException("The input directory " + m_directory.getAbsolutePath() + " is not a directory");
         }
-        
-        
+
+
         if (m_input != null) {
             log("Input bundle file : " + m_input.getAbsolutePath());
         } else {
             log("Input directory : " + m_directory.getAbsolutePath());
         }
-        
+
         if (m_manifest != null) {
             if (m_input != null) {
                 throw new BuildException("The manifest location cannot be used when manipulating an existing bundle");
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                 throw new BuildException("The manifest file " + m_manifest.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
             }
         }
-        
+
         // Get metadata file
         if (m_metadata == null) {
             m_metadata = new File("./metadata.xml");
@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@
                 log("Metadata file : " + m_metadata.getAbsolutePath());
             }
         }
-        
+
+        initializeSaxDriver();
+
 
         log("Start manipulation");
-        
+
         if (m_input != null) { // Prepare output file
             if (m_output == null) {
                 m_output = new File("./_out.jar");
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@
                 if (!r) { throw new BuildException("The file " + m_output.getAbsolutePath() + " cannot be deleted"); }
             }
         }
-       
+
         Pojoization pojo = new Pojoization();
         if (! m_ignoreAnnotations) {
             pojo.setAnnotationProcessing();
@@ -202,14 +204,14 @@
             log((String) pojo.getWarnings().get(i), Project.MSG_WARN);
         }
         if (pojo.getErrors().size() > 0) { throw new BuildException((String) pojo.getErrors().get(0)); }
-        
+
         if (m_input != null) {
             String out;
             if (m_output.getName().equals("_out.jar")) {
                 if (m_input.delete()) {
                     if (! m_output.renameTo(m_input)) {
                         log("Cannot rename the output jar to " + m_input.getAbsolutePath(), Project.MSG_WARN);
-                    }   
+                    }
                 } else {
                     log("Cannot delete the input file : " + m_input.getAbsolutePath(), Project.MSG_WARN);
                 }
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@
             } else {
                 out = m_output.getAbsolutePath();
             }
-        
+
             log("Bundle manipulation - SUCCESS");
             log("Output file : " + out);
         } else {
@@ -228,10 +230,23 @@
             }
 
         }
-        
+
     }
-    
-    
+
+    /**
+     * If Ant runs with Java 1.4, we should use the embedded Xerces.
+     * To achieve that, we set the org.xml.sax.driver property.
+     * Otherwise, the JVM sets the org.xml.sax.driver property.
+     */
+    private void initializeSaxDriver() {
+        String version = (String) System.getProperty("java.vm.version");
+        if (version.startsWith("1.4")) {
+            System.setProperty("org.xml.sax.driver", "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
 
 }
 
diff --git a/ipojo/junit4osgi/junit4osgi/NOTICE b/ipojo/junit4osgi/junit4osgi/NOTICE
index f6a2f5f..d696f41 100644
--- a/ipojo/junit4osgi/junit4osgi/NOTICE
+++ b/ipojo/junit4osgi/junit4osgi/NOTICE
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
 Junit project (http://junit.org)
 Licensed under Common Public License 1.0.
 
-This product includes software developed at
-The OSGi Alliance (http://www.osgi.org/).
-Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2000, 2007).
-Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
 II. Used Software
 
 This product uses software developed at
diff --git a/ipojo/manipulator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/manipulator/Pojoization.java b/ipojo/manipulator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/manipulator/Pojoization.java
index 87b6d69..5e468ba 100644
--- a/ipojo/manipulator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/manipulator/Pojoization.java
+++ b/ipojo/manipulator/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/manipulator/Pojoization.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
+import org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory;
 
 /**
- * Pojoization allows creating an iPOJO bundle from a "normal" bundle.  
+ * Pojoization allows creating an iPOJO bundle from a "normal" bundle.
  * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
  */
 public class Pojoization {
-    
+
     /**
      * iPOJO Imported Package Version.
      */
@@ -101,24 +102,24 @@
      * Flag describing if we need or not compute annotations.
      */
     private boolean m_ignoreAnnotations;
-    
+
     /**
      * Flag describing if we need or not use local XSD files
      * (i.e. use the {@link SchemaResolver} or not).
      * If <code>true</code> the local XSD are not used.
      */
     private boolean m_ignoreLocalXSD;
-    
+
     /**
      * Input jar file.
      */
     private JarFile m_inputJar;
-    
+
     /**
      * The manipulated directory.
      */
     private File m_dir;
-    
+
     /**
      * The manifest location.
      */
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
      * @param mes : error message.
      */
     private void error(String mes) {
+        System.err.println(mes);
         m_errors.add(mes);
     }
 
@@ -143,14 +145,14 @@
     public List getErrors() {
         return m_errors;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Activates annotation processing.
      */
     public void setAnnotationProcessing() {
         m_ignoreAnnotations = false;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Activates the entity resolver loading
      * XSD files from the classloader.
@@ -158,14 +160,14 @@
     public void setUseLocalXSD() {
         m_ignoreLocalXSD = false;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Manipulates an input bundle.
      * This method creates an iPOJO bundle based on the given metadata file.
      * The original and final bundles must be different.
      * @param in the original bundle.
      * @param out the final bundle.
-     * @param metadata the iPOJO metadata input stream. 
+     * @param metadata the iPOJO metadata input stream.
      */
     public void pojoization(File in, File out, InputStream metadata) {
         parseXMLMetadata(metadata);
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@
         // m_metadata can be either an empty array or an Element
         // array with component type description. It also can be null
         // if no metadata file is given.
-        
+
         try {
             m_inputJar = new JarFile(in);
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -204,14 +206,14 @@
      * The original and final bundles must be different.
      * @param in the original bundle.
      * @param out the final bundle.
-     * @param metadataFile the iPOJO metadata file (XML). 
+     * @param metadataFile the iPOJO metadata file (XML).
      */
     public void pojoization(File in, File out, File metadataFile) {
         // Get the metadata.xml location if not null
         if (metadataFile != null) {
             parseXMLMetadata(metadataFile);
         }
-        
+
         try {
             m_inputJar = new JarFile(in);
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Manipulates an expanded bundles.
      * Classes are in the specified directory.
@@ -247,23 +249,23 @@
         if (metadataFile != null) {
             parseXMLMetadata(metadataFile);
         }
-        
+
         if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory()) {
             m_dir = directory;
         } else {
             error("The directory " + directory.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist or is not a directory.");
         }
-        
-        
+
+
         if (manifestFile != null) {
             if (manifestFile.exists()) {
                 m_manifest = manifestFile;
             } else {
                 error("The manifest file " + manifestFile.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
             }
-        } 
+        }
         // If the manifest is not specified, the m_dir/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF is used.
-        
+
         // Get the list of declared component
         computeDeclaredComponents();
 
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@
                 error("The component " + ci.m_classname + " is declared but not in the bundle");
             }
         }
-        
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@
             return;
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Manipulate the input directory.
      */
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@
                 return;
             }
         }
-        
+
         // Write manifest
         if (m_manifest == null) {
             m_manifest = new File(m_dir, "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@
         } catch (IOException e) {
             error("Cannot write the manifest file : " + e.getMessage());
         }
-            
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -454,7 +456,7 @@
     private void manipulateComponents() {
         //Enumeration entries = inputJar.entries();
         Enumeration entries = getClassFiles();
-        
+
         while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
             String curName = (String) entries.nextElement();
             try {
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@
 
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Gets an input stream on the given class.
      * This methods manages Jar files and directories.
@@ -512,9 +514,9 @@
             if (! classname.endsWith(".class")) {
                 classname += ".class";
             }
-            JarEntry je = m_inputJar.getJarEntry(classname); 
+            JarEntry je = m_inputJar.getJarEntry(classname);
             if (je == null) {
-                throw new IOException("The class " + classname + " connot be found in the input Jar file"); 
+                throw new IOException("The class " + classname + " connot be found in the input Jar file");
             } else {
                 return m_inputJar.getInputStream(je);
             }
@@ -524,7 +526,7 @@
             return new FileInputStream(file);
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Gets the list of class files.
      * The content of the returned enumeration contains file names.
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@
         }
         return files.elements();
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Navigates across directories to find class files.
      * @param dir the directory to analyze
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
 //    /**
 //     * Manipulates an inner class.
 //     * @param inputJar input jar
@@ -585,18 +587,18 @@
 //        // Remove '.class' from class name.
 //        InnerClassManipulator man = new InnerClassManipulator(ci.m_classname.substring(0, ci.m_classname.length() - 6), ci.m_fields);
 //        byte[] out = man.manipulate(in);
-//        
+//
 //        m_classes.put(je.getName(), out);
-//        
+//
 //    }
-    
+
     /**
      * Computes a relative path for the given absolute path.
      * This methods computes the relative path according to the directory
      * containing classes for the given class path.
      * @param absolutePath the absolute path of the class
      * @return the relative path of the class based on the directory containing
-     * classes. 
+     * classes.
      */
     private String computeRelativePath(String absolutePath) {
         String root = m_dir.getAbsolutePath();
@@ -622,11 +624,11 @@
         // Remove '.class' from class name.
         InnerClassManipulator man = new InnerClassManipulator(ci.m_classname.substring(0, ci.m_classname.length() - 6), ci.m_fields);
         byte[] out = man.manipulate(in);
-        
+
         m_classes.put(cn, out);
-        
+
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Gets the manifest.
      * This method handles Jar and directories.
@@ -708,7 +710,7 @@
         List componentClazzes = new ArrayList();
         for (int i = 0; i < m_metadata.length; i++) {
             String name = m_metadata[i].getAttribute("classname");
-            if (name != null) { // Only handler and component have a classname attribute 
+            if (name != null) { // Only handler and component have a classname attribute
                 name = name.replace('.', '/');
                 name += ".class";
                 componentClazzes.add(new ComponentInfo(name, m_metadata[i]));
@@ -734,15 +736,15 @@
         String m_classname;
 
         /**
-         * Is the class already manipulated. 
+         * Is the class already manipulated.
          */
         boolean m_isManipulated;
-        
+
         /**
          * List of inner classes of the implementation class.
          */
         List m_inners;
-        
+
         /**
          * Set of fields of the implementation class.
          */
@@ -758,7 +760,7 @@
             this.m_componentMetadata = met;
             m_isManipulated = false;
         }
-        
+
         /**
          * Detects missing fields.
          * If a referenced field does not exist in the class
@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@
                 }
             }
         }
-        
+
         /**
          * Looks for 'field' attribute in the given metadata.
          * @param list : discovered field (accumulator)
@@ -792,7 +794,7 @@
                 computeReferredFields(list, metadata.getElements()[i]);
             }
         }
-        
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -854,7 +856,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < m_metadata.length; i++) {
             meta.append(buildManifestMetadata(m_metadata[i], new StringBuffer()));
         }
-        if (meta.length() != 0) { 
+        if (meta.length() != 0) {
             att.putValue("iPOJO-Components", meta.toString());
         }
     }
@@ -862,7 +864,7 @@
     /**
      * Standard OSGi header parser. This parser can handle the format clauses ::= clause ( ',' clause ) + clause ::= name ( ';' name ) (';' key '=' value )
      * This is mapped to a Map { name => Map { attr|directive => value } }
-     * 
+     *
      * @param value : String to parse.
      * @return parsed map.
      */
@@ -903,7 +905,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Print a standard Map based OSGi header.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param exports : map { name => Map { attribute|directive => value } }
      * @param allowedDirectives : list of allowed directives.
      * @return the clauses
@@ -911,7 +913,7 @@
     public String printClauses(Map exports, String allowedDirectives) {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
         String del = "";
-        
+
         for (Iterator i = exports.entrySet().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
             Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) i.next();
             String name = (String) entry.getKey();
@@ -945,7 +947,7 @@
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Parse the XML metadata from the given file.
      * @param metadataFile the metadata file
@@ -968,33 +970,33 @@
             error("Cannot open the metadata input stream: " + metadataFile.getAbsolutePath() + ": " + e.getMessage());
             m_metadata = null;
         }
-        
+
         // m_metadata can be either an empty array or an Element
         // array with component type description. It also can be null
         // if no metadata file is given.
     }
 
     /**
-     * Parse XML Metadata.
+     * Parses XML Metadata.
      * @param stream metadata input stream.
      */
     private void parseXMLMetadata(InputStream stream) {
         Element[] meta = null;
         try {
-            XMLReader parser = (XMLReader) Class.forName("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser").newInstance();
+            XMLReader parser = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
             XMLMetadataParser handler = new XMLMetadataParser();
             parser.setContentHandler(handler);
             parser.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation",
-                    true); 
-            parser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", 
                     true);
-   
+            parser.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema",
+                    true);
+
             parser.setErrorHandler(handler);
-            
+
             if (! m_ignoreLocalXSD) {
                 parser.setEntityResolver(new SchemaResolver());
             }
-            
+
             InputSource is = new InputSource(stream);
             parser.parse(is);
             meta = handler.getMetadata();
@@ -1008,12 +1010,6 @@
             error("Error during metadata parsing at line " + e.getLineNumber() + " : " + e.getMessage());
         } catch (SAXException e) {
             error("Parsing error when parsing (Sax Error) the XML file: " + e.getMessage());
-        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
-            error("Cannot instantiate the SAX parser for the XML file: " + e.getMessage());
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-            error("Cannot instantiate  the SAX parser (IllegalAccess) to the XML file: " + e.getMessage());
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            error("Cannot load the SAX Parser : " + e.getMessage());
         }
 
         if (meta == null || meta.length == 0) {
@@ -1022,7 +1018,7 @@
 
         m_metadata = meta;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Get packages referenced by component.
      * @return the list of referenced packages.
@@ -1046,7 +1042,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Generate manipulation metadata.
-     * @param element : actual element. 
+     * @param element : actual element.
      * @param actual : actual manipulation metadata.
      * @return : given manipulation metadata + manipulation metadata of the given element.
      */
diff --git a/ipojo/online-manipulator/pom.xml b/ipojo/online-manipulator/pom.xml
index a6d216f..9d60db9 100644
--- a/ipojo/online-manipulator/pom.xml
+++ b/ipojo/online-manipulator/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 							org.objectweb.asm.commons, org.objectweb.asm </Export-Package>
 						<Import-Package> !org.objectweb.asm.tree, !sun.io, * 
 						</Import-Package>
-						<Embed-Dependency>xercesImpl|xml-resolver</Embed-Dependency>
+						<!-- <Embed-Dependency>xercesImpl|xml-resolver</Embed-Dependency> -->
 					</instructions>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
diff --git a/ipojo/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/plugin/ManipulatorMojo.java b/ipojo/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/plugin/ManipulatorMojo.java
index 9b7ebb5..3b5e2a6 100644
--- a/ipojo/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/plugin/ManipulatorMojo.java
+++ b/ipojo/plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/plugin/ManipulatorMojo.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
      * @parameter alias="IgnoreEmbeddedSchemas" default-value="false"
      */
     private boolean m_ignoreEmbeddedXSD;
-    
+
     protected MavenProject getProject() {
         return this.m_project;
     }
-    
+
     private boolean isXML() {
         return m_metadata != null && (m_metadata.indexOf('<') > -1);
     }
@@ -135,16 +135,17 @@
             this.getLog().debug("Ignoring project " + this.getProject().getArtifact() + " : type " + this.getProject().getArtifact().getType() + " is not supported by iPOJO plugin, supported types are " + this.m_supportedProjectTypes);
             return;
         }
-        
+
+        initializeSaxDriver();
 
         getLog().info("Start bundle manipulation");
 
         // Get metadata
         // Check if metadata are contained in the configuration
         InputStream is = null;
-        
+
         if (isXML()) {
-            is = new ByteArrayInputStream(m_metadata.getBytes()); 
+            is = new ByteArrayInputStream(m_metadata.getBytes());
         } else {
             if (m_metadata == null) {
                 // Try with metadata.xml
@@ -152,11 +153,11 @@
             }
             // Look for the metadata file in the output directory
             File meta = new File(m_outputDirectory + File.separator + m_metadata);
-            // If not found look inside the pom directory 
+            // If not found look inside the pom directory
             if (! meta.exists()) {
                 meta = new File(m_project.getBasedir() + File.separator + m_metadata);
             }
-        
+
             getLog().info("Metadata file : " + meta.getAbsolutePath());
             if (!meta.exists()) {
                 // Verify if annotations are ignored
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@
                     meta = null;
                 }
             }
-            
+
             if (meta != null) {
                 try {
                     is = new FileInputStream(meta);
@@ -190,14 +191,14 @@
         Pojoization pojo = new Pojoization();
         if (!m_ignoreAnnotations) { pojo.setAnnotationProcessing(); }
         if (!m_ignoreEmbeddedXSD) { pojo.setUseLocalXSD(); }
-        
+
         // Executes the pojoization.
         if (is == null) {
             pojo.pojoization(in, out, (File) null); // Only annotations
         } else  {
             pojo.pojoization(in, out, is);
         }
-        
+
         for (int i = 0; i < pojo.getWarnings().size(); i++) {
             getLog().warn((String) pojo.getWarnings().get(i));
         }
@@ -220,4 +221,18 @@
         getLog().info("Bundle manipulation - SUCCESS");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If Maven runs with Java 1.4, we should use the Maven Xerces.
+     * To achieve that, we set the org.xml.sax.driver property.
+     * Otherwise, the JVM sets the org.xml.sax.driver property.
+     */
+    private void initializeSaxDriver() {
+        String version = (String) System.getProperty("java.vm.version");
+        if (version.startsWith("1.4")) {
+            getLog().info("Set the Sax driver to org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
+            System.setProperty("org.xml.sax.driver", "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
+        }
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/ipojo/tests/online-manipulator/pom.xml b/ipojo/tests/online-manipulator/pom.xml
index 847c58a..ca02a04 100644
--- a/ipojo/tests/online-manipulator/pom.xml
+++ b/ipojo/tests/online-manipulator/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 			
-			<!--  <plugin>
+		  <!--
+		  <plugin>
 				<groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-paxexam-plugin</artifactId>
 				<executions>