diff --git a/javaxval/.classpath b/javaxval/.classpath
index e43402fa4f..46cbd17369 100644
--- a/javaxval/.classpath
+++ b/javaxval/.classpath
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/javaxval/.gitignore b/javaxval/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f0391af5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaxval/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+
+
diff --git a/javaxval/pom.xml b/javaxval/pom.xml
index f4f69c6168..592f3c3431 100644
--- a/javaxval/pom.xml
+++ b/javaxval/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <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.sample</groupId>
+	 <groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>javaxval</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0</version>
+	 <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/javaxval/src/main/java/sample/model/User.java b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/User.java
similarity index 97%
rename from javaxval/src/main/java/sample/model/User.java
rename to javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/User.java
index 49d03d27ee..2d86a4ec2f 100644
--- a/javaxval/src/main/java/sample/model/User.java
+++ b/javaxval/src/main/java/org/baeldung/User.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package sample.model;
+package org.baeldung;
 
 import javax.validation.constraints.AssertTrue;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Max;
diff --git a/javaxval/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ValidationTest.java b/javaxval/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ValidationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7ff889ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaxval/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ValidationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
+import javax.validation.Validation;
+import javax.validation.Validator;
+import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ValidationTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void ifNameIsNull_nameValidationFails() {
+		User user = new User();
+		user.setWorking(true);
+		user.setAboutMe("Its all about me!!");
+		user.setAge(50);
+
+		ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
+		Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
+		Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> violations = validator.validate(user);					
+		Assert.assertEquals(violations.isEmpty(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void ifSizeNotInRange_aboutMeValidationFails() {
+		User user = new User();
+		user.setName("MyName");
+		user.setAboutMe("Its all about me!!");
+		user.setAge(50);
+
+		ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
+		Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
+		Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> violations = validator.validate(user);
+		Assert.assertEquals(violations.isEmpty(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void ifWorkingIsFalse_workingValidationFails() {
+		User user = new User();
+		user.setName("MyName");
+		user.setAboutMe("Its all about me!!");
+		user.setAge(50);
+
+		ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
+		Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
+		Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> violations = validator.validate(user);
+		Assert.assertEquals(violations.isEmpty(), false);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void ifAgeNotRange_ageValidationFails() {
+		User user = new User();
+		user.setName("MyName");
+		user.setAboutMe("Its all about me!!");
+		user.setAge(8);
+
+		ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
+		Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
+		Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> violations = validator.validate(user);
+		Assert.assertEquals(violations.isEmpty(), false);
+	}
+}