diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3124467..56bbd74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 <version>1.7.6</version>
@@ -98,16 +111,16 @@
                 <version>3.3.2</version>
             </dependency>
 
-	    <dependency>
-	      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-	      <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-	      <version>1.9.13</version>
-	    </dependency>
-	    <dependency>
-	      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-	      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-	      <version>1.9.13</version>
-	    </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
+                <version>1.9.13</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+                <version>1.9.13</version>
+            </dependency>
 
 
             <!-- Web related -->
@@ -244,6 +257,14 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
         </dependency>
@@ -320,6 +341,35 @@
                 </plugin>
 
                 <!-- TODO: add findbugs plugin for static code analysis; for explicit invocation only -->
+                <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+                <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                                <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                                        <pluginExecutions>
+                                                <pluginExecution>
+                                                        <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                                                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                                                                <artifactId>
+                                                                        jacoco-maven-plugin
+                                                                </artifactId>
+                                                                <versionRange>
+                                                                        [0.7.1.201405082137,)
+                                                                </versionRange>
+                                                                <goals>
+                                                                        <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                                                                </goals>
+                                                        </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                                        <action>
+                                                                <ignore></ignore>
+                                                        </action>
+                                                </pluginExecution>
+                                        </pluginExecutions>
+                                </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+                        </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>