diff --git a/core/json/pom.xml b/core/json/pom.xml
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+++ b/core/json/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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.onlab.onos</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-json</artifactId>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS JSON encode/decode facilities</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-trivial</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/core/json/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/json/impl/DeleteMe.java b/core/json/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/json/impl/DeleteMe.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.json.impl;
+
+/**
+ * Created by tom on 10/16/14.
+ */
+public class DeleteMe {
+}