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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!--
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+
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+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_for_inits" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_switchstatements_compare_to_cases" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_array_initializer" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_colon_in_default" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_and_in_type_parameter" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_between_empty_parens_in_constructor_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.blank_lines_before_imports" value="1"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_colon_in_assert" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_html" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_throws_clause_in_method_declaration" value="16"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_angle_bracket_in_type_parameters" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_bracket_in_array_allocation_expression" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_anonymous_type_declaration" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_colon_in_conditional" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_angle_bracket_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_for" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_postfix_operator" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_source_code" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_synchronized" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_allocation_expression" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_constructor_declaration_throws" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_parameters_in_method_declaration" value="16"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_brace_in_array_initializer" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform" value="1.5"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.use_tabs_only_for_leading_indentations" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_annotation" value="0"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_after_annotation_on_member" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_header" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_block_comments" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_enum_constant" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_enum_constants" value="49"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_block" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_body_declarations_compare_to_annotation_declaration_header" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_parenthesized_expression" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_parenthesized_expression" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_catch" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_multiple_local_declarations" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_switch" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_for_increments" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_paren_in_method_invocation" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_colon_in_assert" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_type_declaration" value="end_of_line"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_brace_in_array_initializer" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_between_empty_braces_in_array_initializer" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_paren_in_method_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_semicolon_in_for" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_catch" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_angle_bracket_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_multiple_field_declarations" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_annotation" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_method_invocation_arguments" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.new_lines_at_javadoc_boundaries" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.blank_lines_after_imports" value="1"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_multiple_local_declarations" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_body_declarations_compare_to_enum_constant_header" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_semicolon_in_for" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.never_indent_line_comments_on_first_column" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_angle_bracket_in_type_arguments" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.never_indent_block_comments_on_first_column" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.keep_then_statement_on_same_line" value="false"/>
+</profile>
+</profiles>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
index af10ed1..a73175a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-active/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-active</artifactId>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index 6ec94ca..b5fe3da 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index c33cc6d..e0a52ea 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
     <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
     <sonar.sources>pom.xml,src/main/java,src/main/resources</sonar.sources>
   </properties>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-benchmark/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-benchmark/pom.xml
index 5dd5d63..f34e734 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-benchmark</artifactId>
 
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
index ce8f726..301a6d9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
     <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
index 8816bd0..78f75a8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -292,4 +292,4 @@
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
index 26c6804..a47ed7d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-coverage/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
     <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>coverage</id>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-dashboard/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-dashboard/pom.xml
index 723c409..aafdadb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-dashboard/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-dashboard/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@
     <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
   <artifactId>asterix-dashboard</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -78,4 +82,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
index d501058..5a7f98e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-doc/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <artifactId>asterix-doc</artifactId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-docker/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-docker/pom.xml
index 65de7ca..c78d30d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-docker/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
     <version>0.9.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-docker</artifactId>
+
   <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
index 7be0a34..fe70e33 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-examples/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
     <sonar.sources>pom.xml,src/main/java,src/main/resources</sonar.sources>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 2a92e4b..d16c3e5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </licenses>
   <artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
     <generatedSourcesDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/lexer/</generatedSourcesDirectory>
   </properties>
   <build>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
index 59460da..ece1da4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-fuzzyjoin/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
index 14bea07..3a79ad6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-hivecompat/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <artifactId>asterix-hivecompat</artifactId>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+    <source-format.skip>true</source-format.skip>
+  </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
index c7ae8c9..840e0ec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>asterix-lang-aql</artifactId>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
index a163e54..1eeece8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <artifactId>asterix-lang-common</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
index 46c0c4a..6c874f4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <artifactId>asterix-lang-sqlpp</artifactId>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -175,4 +178,4 @@
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
index e9269a8..d537fd3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-license/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
 
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a70f854..ef295f7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <name>asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 637305e..88e9c12 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index d1acad9..70019a0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
     <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4046b1a..58e165f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  !-->
 <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>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>lexer-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <parent>
     <artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
   <name>lexer-generator-maven-plugin</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 2cb4d36..338035a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
-    <testLog4jConfigFile>${basedir}/../../asterix-app/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml</testLog4jConfigFile>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
@@ -49,4 +48,4 @@
     <module>asterix-test-datagenerator-maven-plugin</module>
     <module>asterix-grammar-extension-maven-plugin</module>
   </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 5dc7be0..55a96a8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/record-manager-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <name>record-manager-generator-maven-plugin</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
index 9c1bc11..ca32f94 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <licenses>
     <license>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
index 66af3f1..a696989 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
index bb983ad..d6a63b2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-replication/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
       <comments>A business-friendly OSS license</comments>
     </license>
   </licenses>
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 447eb53e..a17f199 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <licenses>
     <license>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
index 91ca7ce..6080d69 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-server/pom.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
   <artifactId>asterix-server</artifactId>
   <name>asterix-server</name>
 
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
-  </properties>
-
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>apache-asterixdb</artifactId>
@@ -41,6 +36,10 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
 
+  <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
index 31bc6ab..b77668d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
index 40453e1..16d051d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-tools/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
index 7ec8307..22ef244 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <properties>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}/..</root.dir>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 3850a85..5098fff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -42,20 +42,23 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
+    <root.dir>${basedir}</root.dir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
     <jvm.extraargs />
     <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
+    <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
+    <source-format.skip>false</source-format.skip>
     <runSlowAQLTests>false</runSlowAQLTests>
-    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    <appendedResourcesDirectory>${root.dir}/src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
     <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${env.PWD}/target/jacoco-merged.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
     <debug.suspend.flag>n</debug.suspend.flag>
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
     <maven.test.skip>false</maven.test.skip>
     <skip.surefire.tests>${skipTests}</skip.surefire.tests>
     <skip.testResources>${maven.test.skip}</skip.testResources>
-    <testLog4jConfigFile>${basedir}/../asterix-app/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml</testLog4jConfigFile>
+    <testLog4jConfigFile>${root.dir}/asterix-app/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml</testLog4jConfigFile>
 
     <!-- Definition of tests in various categories which may be excluded -->
     <repeated.tests>**/RepeatedTest.java</repeated.tests>
@@ -506,6 +509,11 @@
           <artifactId>javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
+          <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.1</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
@@ -701,6 +709,31 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>source-format</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>${source-format.goal}</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <configuration>
+              <configFile>${root.dir}/AsterixCodeFormatProfile.xml</configFile>
+              <skipFormatting>${source-format.skip}</skipFormatting>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
index 48919d5..b485eef 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
   <name>hyracks-dist</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <root.dir>${basedir}/../..</root.dir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 6e3d71f..e03fb8a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <javac.xlint.value>all</javac.xlint.value>
     <jvm.extraargs />
     <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${env.PWD}/target/jacoco-merged.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
+    <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
     <source-format.skip>false</source-format.skip>
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
     <skip.surefire.tests>${skipTests}</skip.surefire.tests>
@@ -526,9 +527,6 @@
       <activation>
         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <source-format.goal>format</source-format.goal>
-      </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bdeb68..abc18c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  !-->
 <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>org.apache</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-asterixdb-fullstack</artifactId>
   <version>0.9.2</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>