diff --git a/util-java/pom.xml b/util-java/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>
+
+  <artifactId>akka-util-java</artifactId>
+  <name>Akka Java Utilities Module</name>
+
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>akka</artifactId>
+    <groupId>${akka.groupId}</groupId>
+    <version>${akka.version}</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+          <target>1.5</target>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/*</include>
+          </includes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/util-java/src/main/java/com/scalablesolutions/akka/annotation/oneway.java b/util-java/src/main/java/com/scalablesolutions/akka/annotation/oneway.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Scalable Solutions.
+ */
+
+package com.scalablesolutions.akka.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+public @interface oneway {}