diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.classpath b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f62785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.4"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.project b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f3af14
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+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>textapp</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37272d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Tue Sep 28 14:37:42 PDT 2010
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.4
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4562b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#Tue Sep 28 14:37:42 PDT 2010
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+fullBuildGoals=process-test-resources
+includeModules=false
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+resourceFilterGoals=process-resources resources\:testResources
+skipCompilerPlugin=true
+version=1
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..706ae72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<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>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
+  <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ace6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>app-assembly</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>