diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/hessian-4.0.7-src.jar
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- a/dead.package
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Orphaned for 6+ weeks
diff --git a/hessian-4.0.7.pom b/hessian-4.0.7.pom
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+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.caucho</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hessian</artifactId>
+  <version>4.0.7</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>Hessian</name>
+  <url>http://hessian.caucho.com</url>
+  <description>The Hessian binary web service protocol destribution pack</description>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 1.1</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-1.1.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hessian-build.xml b/hessian-build.xml
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+<project name="hessian" default="unspecified">
+  <property environment="env"/>
+  <property name="project.location" location="."/>
+  <property name="lib.dir" value="/usr/share/java"/>
+  <property name="src.dir" value="."/>
+  <property name="classes.dir" value="classes"/>
+  <property name="doc.dir" value="doc"/>
+  <property name="javadoc.dir" value="${doc.dir}/api"/>
+
+  <path id="project.classpath">
+    <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
+    <pathelement location="${lib.dir}/glassfish-servlet-api.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <target name="compile">
+    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
+    <javac
+        srcdir="${src.dir}"
+        destdir="${classes.dir}"
+        debug="false"
+        classpathref="project.classpath"
+        source="1.6" target="1.6">
+      <include name="com/**/*.java" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="jar" depends="compile">
+    <jar jarfile="hessian.jar">
+      <fileset
+          dir="${classes.dir}"
+          includes="com/**/*.class"/>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generated Java API documentation">
+    <delete dir="${javadoc.dir}" quiet="true"></delete>
+    <javadoc destdir="${javadoc.dir}" classpathref="project.classpath"
+             windowtitle="Hessian API" sourcepath="${src.dir}" linksource="no" encoding="ISO8859-1"/>
+  </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/hessian.spec b/hessian.spec
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+Summary:       Java implementation of a binary protocol for web services 
+Name:          hessian
+Version:       4.0.7
+Release:       10%{?dist}
+Epoch:         0
+License:       ASL 1.1
+URL:           http://hessian.caucho.com/
+Source0:       http://caucho.com/download/hessian-4.0.7-src.jar
+Source1:       %{name}-build.xml
+Source2:       http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/caucho/hessian/4.0.7/hessian-4.0.7.pom
+BuildRequires: javapackages-local
+BuildRequires: ant >= 0:1.6
+BuildRequires: glassfish-servlet-api
+
+BuildArch:     noarch
+
+%description
+This is the Java implementation of Caucho's Hession binary transport
+protocol for web services.
+
+%package javadoc
+Summary:        API documentation for %{name}
+
+%description javadoc
+API documentation for %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -c
+cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
+
+%build
+ant jar 
+ant javadoc 
+
+%install
+%mvn_artifact %{SOURCE2} %{name}.jar
+%mvn_file com.caucho:%{name} %{name}
+%mvn_install -J doc/api
+
+%files -f .mfiles
+%license apache.license
+
+%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%license apache.license
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Mar 04 2015 gil cattaneo <puntogil@libero.it> 0:4.0.7-10
+- use servlet api 3.1
+- use new javapackages macros
+
+* Thu Feb 05 2015 gil cattaneo <puntogil@libero.it> 0:4.0.7-9
+- introduce license macro
+
+* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0:4.0.7-8
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Mar 28 2014 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 0:4.0.7-7
+- Use Requires: java-headless rebuild (#1067528)
+
+* Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0:4.0.7-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0:4.0.7-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0:4.0.7-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Feb 16 2012 Andy Grimm <agrimm@gmail.com> - 0:4.0.7-3
+- Use newer tomcat
+
+* Tue Feb 14 2012 Andy Grimm <agrimm@gmail.com> - 0:4.0.7-2
+- enable javadoc, follow current guidelines
+
+* Mon Aug 29 2011 Andy Grimm <agrimm@gmail.com> - 0:4.0.7-1
+- Initial build
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3581e2b9c96ab619e73925537757f86e  hessian-4.0.7-src.jar