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-* PlantUMLServlet description 
-*****************************
-PlantUMLServlet is a PlantUML extension to generate images on-the-fly. 
-To know more about PlantUML, please visit http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/ 
-
-* How to build the project
-**************************
-To build the project you need to install the following components :
-- java jdk 1.6.0 or above
-- apache tomcat 6.0 or above
-- apache ant 1.7 or above 
-
-If the tomcat home directory is not /tomcat, you have to create at
-the root of the project a text file named user.property and 
-containing the following line:
-tomcat-home=<your tomcat home dir>  
-
-For example, on a Windows environment, your user.property file can be:
-tomcat-home=C:/tools/Tomcat6.0 
-
-To build the war, just run "ant" at the root directory of the project.
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+PlantUMLServlet description 
+===========================
+
+PlantUMLServlet is a PlantUML extension to generate images on-the-fly.
+ 
+To know more about PlantUML, please visit http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/.
+
+How to build the project
+========================
+
+To build the project you need to install the following components:
+
+ * java jdk 1.6.0 or above
+ * apache maven 3.0.2 or above
+
+To build the war, just run "maven package" at the root directory of the project.