Feature/maven

.gitignore

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+target

README.md

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 USBtinLib is a Java library for accessing USBtin. USBtin is an USB to CAN
 interace (http://www.fischl.de/usbtin/).
 
+This is just a custom fork from the main code here: https://github.com/EmbedME/USBtinLib
+The author did not merge my pull request with the changes to use maven instead, so keeping my own fork then here.
+
 Build
 -----
-Ant is used to build the library from Java source code. To create the JAR file,
+Maven is used to build the library from Java source code. To create the JAR file,
 use
 ```
-ant jar
+mvn clean install
 ```
 
 USBtinLib depends on jSSC (Java Simple Serial Connector) - library for working
-with serial ports from Java. The jSSC library JAR file must be included in
-classpath.
+with serial ports from Java. The jSSC library is added automatically by maven when building it
 https://code.google.com/p/java-simple-serial-connector/
 
 
 Usage
 -----
 
-Add USBtinLib.jar to the Classpath or as Library to your project. E.g. in
-Netbeans: File -> Project Properties -> Libraries -> Compile -> Add JAR/Folder
+Add the following dependency to your maven project:
+
+```
+  <dependency>
+    <groupId>de.fischl.usbtin</groupId>
+    <artifactId>usbtin</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </dependency>
+```
 
 Import the package containing the library in your Java code:
 ```

pom.xml

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+<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>
+	<groupId>de.fischl.usbtin</groupId>
+	<artifactId>usbtin</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>USBtinLib java library for accessing USBtin</name>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.scream3r</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jssc</artifactId>
+			<version>2.8.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>