diff --git a/mockito2/.gitignore b/mockito2/.gitignore
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+*.class
+
+.settings
+.project
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
diff --git a/mockito2/README.md b/mockito2/README.md
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+=========
+
+## Mockito 2 and Java 8 Tips
+
+Examples on how to leverage Java 8 new features with Mockito version 2
diff --git a/mockito2/pom.xml b/mockito2/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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mockito2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>mockito-2-with-java8</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+			<!-- test scoped -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>junit</groupId>
+				<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+				<version>${junit.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+				<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+				<version>${mockito.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+								<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+								<configuration>
+									<source>1.8</source>
+									<target>1.8</target>
+								</configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>integration</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>test</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+		<properties>
+			<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
+			<!-- testing -->
+			<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+	    <mockito.version>2.7.5</mockito.version>
+
+			<!-- maven plugins -->
+			<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+			<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		</properties>
+</project>