diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-client/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/dsl/http-server/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5fd4d5023f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index eb91947648..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.3/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw
index a1ba1bf554..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           #
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,4 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} "$@"
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2b934e89dd..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-sink/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR="".\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
\ No newline at end of file
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5fd4d5023f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index eb91947648..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.3/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw
index a1ba1bf554..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           #
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,4 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} "$@"
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2b934e89dd..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/messaging/stream-source/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR="".\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
\ No newline at end of file
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-client/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/pact/pact-http-server/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-client/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/restdocs/http-server/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-client/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/webclient/http-server/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-client/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d475a89ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c6feb8bb6f..08ebbb67f0
Binary files a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6637cedb28..a5fcc11920
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.9/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw
index fc7efd17d0..961a825001 100755
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw
@@ -54,38 +54,16 @@ case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
   MINGW*) mingw=true;;
   Darwin*) darwin=true
-           #
-           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
-           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
-           # 
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
-           fi
-           
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi
-             
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
-             #
-             # Oracle JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
-           fi           
-
-           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
-             #
-             # Apple JDKs
-             #
-             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
-           fi
-           ;;
+    # Use /usr/libexec/java_home if available, otherwise fall back to /Library/Java/Home
+    # See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/qa/qa1170/_index.html
+    if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+      if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+        export JAVA_HOME="`/usr/libexec/java_home`"
+      else
+        export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/Home"
+      fi
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
@@ -130,7 +108,7 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+# For Mingw, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
 if $mingw ; then
   [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
     M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
@@ -184,27 +162,28 @@ fi
 
 CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin; then
-  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
-    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
-    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
-  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
-fi
-
 # traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
 # first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
 find_maven_basedir() {
-  local basedir=$(pwd)
-  local wdir=$(pwd)
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    echo "Path not specified to find_maven_basedir"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  basedir="$1"
+  wdir="$1"
   while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
     if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
       basedir=$wdir
       break
     fi
-    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
+    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
+      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
+    fi
+    # end of workaround
   done
   echo "${basedir}"
 }
@@ -216,13 +195,87 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+BASE_DIR=`find_maven_basedir "$(pwd)"`
+if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
+if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+  echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
+fi
 MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
 
-# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will 
-# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
-export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+  [ -n "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR" ] &&
+    MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
+fi
 
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
@@ -230,5 +283,4 @@ exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
   "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
-  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
-
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} $MAVEN_CONFIG "$@"
diff --git a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw.cmd b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 001048081d..03d90e960b
--- a/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/samples/standalone/yml/http-server/mvnw.cmd
@@ -1,145 +1,161 @@
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-@REM distributed with this work for additional information
-@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@REM
-@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@REM
-@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
-@REM under the License.
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
-@REM
-@REM Required ENV vars:
-@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
-@REM
-@REM Optional ENV vars
-@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
-@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
-@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
-@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
-@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
-@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
-@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
-@echo off
-@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
-@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
-
-@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
-if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
-
-@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
-@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
-:skipRcPre
-
-@setlocal
-
-set ERROR_CODE=0
-
-@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
-@setlocal
-
-@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
-if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-:OkJHome
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
-echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
-echo location of your Java installation. >&2
-echo.
-goto error
-
-@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
-
-:init
-
-set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
-
-@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
-@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
-
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
-IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
-set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-:findBaseDir
-IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
-cd ..
-IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
-set WDIR=%CD%
-goto findBaseDir
-
-:baseDirFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-goto endDetectBaseDir
-
-:baseDirNotFound
-set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
-cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
-
-:endDetectBaseDir
-
-IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
-for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
-@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
-
-:endReadAdditionalConfig
-
-SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
-set WRAPPER_JAR=""%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
-set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
-
-%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
-goto end
-
-:error
-set ERROR_CODE=1
-
-:end
-@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
-
-if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
-@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
-if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
-:skipRcPost
-
-@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
-if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
-
-if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
-
-exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM set title of command window
+title %0
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/pom.xml
index 32cb3ca422..6e393dc755 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-jcl</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- TODO: Remove this in favour of jcl-->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Input.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Input.groovy
index 6a541b1e2d..0b36c1aba8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Input.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Input.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal
 
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import repackaged.nl.flotsam.xeger.Xeger
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @TypeChecked
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 @ToString(includePackage = false, includeNames = true)
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
index fa2ae13335..4e3a700ec8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/OutputMessage.groovy
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
 import groovy.transform.ToString
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils
 import repackaged.nl.flotsam.xeger.Xeger
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @TypeChecked
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 @ToString(includePackage = false, includeNames = true)
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Request.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Request.groovy
index 0f26a0a2c9..4c59a8261c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Request.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Request.groovy
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal
 
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
 import groovy.transform.ToString
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils
-
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.util.RegexpUtils
 import repackaged.nl.flotsam.xeger.Xeger
 
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.util.RegexpUtils
 /**
  * Represents the request side of the HTTP communication
  *
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @TypeChecked
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 @ToString(includePackage = false, includeNames = true)
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Response.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Response.groovy
index a90fbd4304..fe7fc86da0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Response.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-spec/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/internal/Response.groovy
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal
 
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
-
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
 import groovy.transform.ToString
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import repackaged.nl.flotsam.xeger.Xeger
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.util.RegexpUtils
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.util.RegexpUtils
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @TypeChecked
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 @ToString(includePackage = false, includeFields = true)
@@ -90,7 +89,11 @@ class Response extends Common {
 	}
 
 	void body(Object bodyAsValue) {
-		this.body = new Body(bodyAsValue)
+		if (bodyAsValue instanceof List) {
+			body(bodyAsValue as List)
+		} else {
+			this.body = new Body(bodyAsValue)
+		}
 	}
 
 	void fixedDelayMilliseconds(int timeInMilliseconds) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
index 2206af6d9b..393653e693 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AetherStubDownloader.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystem;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeRequest;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResolutionException;
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.repository.AuthenticationBuilder;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubRunnerOptions.StubRunnerProxyOptions;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.spring.StubRunnerProperties;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.util.ZipCategory.unz
  */
 public class AetherStubDownloader implements StubDownloader {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AetherStubDownloader.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(AetherStubDownloader.class);
 
 	private static final String TEMP_DIR_PREFIX = "contracts";
 	private static final String ARTIFACT_EXTENSION = "jar";
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AvailablePortScanner.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AvailablePortScanner.java
index b11ebfb0ba..017e2db323 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AvailablePortScanner.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/AvailablePortScanner.java
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 /**
  * Tries to execute a closure with an available port from the given range
  */
 class AvailablePortScanner {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AvailablePortScanner.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(AvailablePortScanner.class);
 
 	private static final int MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 1000;
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdater.java
index f9b4878590..bb584b5d04 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/ContractProjectUpdater.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +36,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public class ContractProjectUpdater {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ContractProjectUpdater.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ContractProjectUpdater.class);
+
 	private static final int DEFAULT_ATTEMPTS_NO = 10;
 	private static final long DEFAULT_WAIT_BETWEEN_ATTEMPTS = 1000;
 	// TODO: Add this to the documentation
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
index 1588e30cad..a491cfd996 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/GitRepo.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.agentproxy.RemoteIdentityRepository;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.agentproxy.USocketFactory;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.agentproxy.connector.SSHAgentConnector;
 import com.jcraft.jsch.agentproxy.usocket.JNAUSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.CheckoutCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.CloneCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.CreateBranchCommand;
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
  */
 class GitRepo {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitRepo.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(GitRepo.class);
 
 	final JGitFactory gitFactory;
 
@@ -99,13 +101,13 @@ class GitRepo {
 	 */
 	File cloneProject(URI projectUri) {
 		try {
-			log.info("Cloning repo from [{}] to [{}]", projectUri, this.basedir);
+			log.info("Cloning repo from [" +  projectUri + "] to [" + this.basedir + "]");
 			Git git = cloneToBasedir(projectUri, this.basedir);
 			if (git != null) {
 				git.close();
 			}
 			File clonedRepo = git.getRepository().getWorkTree();
-			log.info("Cloned repo to [{}]", clonedRepo);
+			log.info("Cloned repo to [" + clonedRepo + "]");
 			return clonedRepo;
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@ class GitRepo {
 				log.info("Won't check out the same branch. Skipping");
 				return;
 			}
-			log.info("Checking out branch [{}]", branch);
+			log.info("Checking out branch [" + branch + "]");
 			checkoutBranch(project, branch);
-			log.info("Successfully checked out the branch [{}]", branch);
+			log.info("Successfully checked out the branch [" + branch + "]");
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRepository.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRepository.java
index 4e9ea34d64..7a477b8d06 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRepository.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.ContractConverter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.provider.wiremock.WireMockHttpServerStub;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
  */
 class StubRepository {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StubRepository.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StubRepository.class);
 
 	private final File path;
 	final List<File> stubs;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
index 80825968fe..19e4ba0a58 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerExecutor.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.DslProperty;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Headers;
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ import wiremock.org.eclipse.jetty.util.ConcurrentHashSet;
  */
 class StubRunnerExecutor implements StubFinder {
 
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StubRunnerExecutor.class);
+
 	static final Set<StubServer> STUB_SERVERS = new ConcurrentHashSet<>();
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StubRunnerExecutor.class);
 	private final AvailablePortScanner portScanner;
 	private final MessageVerifier<?> contractVerifierMessaging;
 	private StubServer stubServer;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerMain.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerMain.java
index 737ae8958c..587d490c78 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerMain.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerMain.java
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import joptsimple.ArgumentAcceptingOptionSpec;
 import joptsimple.OptionParser;
 import joptsimple.OptionSet;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.spring.StubRunnerProperties;
 
 /**
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.spring.StubRunnerProperties
 @Deprecated
 public class StubRunnerMain {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StubRunnerMain.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StubRunnerMain.class);
 
 	private final Arguments arguments;
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubServer.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubServer.java
index 429edb6ac3..f0d98fd12f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubServer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubServer.java
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract;
 
 class StubServer {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StubServer.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StubServer.class);
 
 	private final HttpServerStub httpServerStub;
 	final StubConfiguration stubConfiguration;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/messaging/stream/StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/messaging/stream/StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.java
index 91db4dd200..e859f86f2a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/messaging/stream/StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/messaging/stream/StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 @AutoConfigureBefore(StubRunnerIntegrationConfiguration.class)
 public class StubRunnerStreamConfiguration {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
-			.getLogger(StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StubRunnerStreamConfiguration.class);
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name="stubFlowRegistrar")
@@ -134,16 +133,14 @@ public class StubRunnerStreamConfiguration {
 		for (Map.Entry<String, BindingProperties> entry : bindings.entrySet()) {
 			if (destination.equals(entry.getValue().getDestination())) {
 				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					log.debug("Found a channel named [{}] with destination [{}]",
-							entry.getKey(), destination);
+					log.debug("Found a channel named [" + entry.getKey() + "] with destination [" + destination + "]");
 				}
 				return entry.getKey();
 			}
 		}
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug(
-					"No destination named [{}] was found. Assuming that the destination equals the channel name",
-					destination);
+					"No destination named [" + destination + "] was found. Assuming that the destination equals the channel name");
 		}
 		return destination;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
index 82c0e13fad..e08a310f52 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.Slf4jNotifier;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.extension.Extension;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.StubMapping;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.HttpServerStub;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder.handlebars.HandlebarsEscapeHelper;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder.handlebars.HandlebarsJsonPathHelper;
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ import wiremock.com.github.jknack.handlebars.Helper;
  */
 public class WireMockHttpServerStub implements HttpServerStub {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WireMockHttpServerStub.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(WireMockHttpServerStub.class);
+
 	private static final int INVALID_PORT = -1;
 
 	static final Map<WireMockHttpServerStub, PortAndMappings> SERVERS = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/server/TriggerController.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/server/TriggerController.java
index c4d54e8ea1..e3de4cce89 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/server/TriggerController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/server/TriggerController.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubFinder;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping(value = "/triggers", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
 public class TriggerController {
-	
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TriggerController.class);
+
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TriggerController.class);
 
 	private final StubFinder stubFinder;
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.groovy
index 043002d9c7..9793391c62 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.groovy
@@ -16,49 +16,49 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter
 
-import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
+import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractFileScanner
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractMetadata
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.NamesUtil
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.wiremock.DslToWireMockClientConverter
-
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-
 /**
  * Recursively converts contracts into their stub representations
  *
  * @since 1.1.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @CompileStatic
 class RecursiveFilesConverter {
 
 	private final StubGeneratorProvider holder
-	private final ContractVerifierConfigProperties properties
+	private final ContractVerifierConfigProperties props
 	private final File outMappingsDir
 
-	RecursiveFilesConverter(ContractVerifierConfigProperties properties, StubGeneratorProvider holder = null) {
-		this.properties = properties
-		this.outMappingsDir = properties.stubsOutputDir
+	RecursiveFilesConverter(ContractVerifierConfigProperties props, StubGeneratorProvider holder = null) {
+		this.props = props
+		this.outMappingsDir = props.stubsOutputDir
 		this.holder = holder ?: new StubGeneratorProvider()
 	}
 
-	RecursiveFilesConverter(ContractVerifierConfigProperties properties, File outMappingsDir, StubGeneratorProvider holder = null) {
-		this.properties = properties
+	RecursiveFilesConverter(ContractVerifierConfigProperties props, File outMappingsDir, StubGeneratorProvider holder = null) {
+		this.props = props
 		this.outMappingsDir = outMappingsDir
 		this.holder = holder ?: new StubGeneratorProvider()
 	}
 
 	void processFiles() {
-		ContractFileScanner scanner = new ContractFileScanner(properties.contractsDslDir,
-				properties.excludedFiles as Set, [] as Set, properties.includedContracts)
+		ContractFileScanner scanner = new ContractFileScanner(props.contractsDslDir,
+				props.excludedFiles as Set, [] as Set, props.includedContracts)
 		ListMultimap<Path, ContractMetadata> contracts = scanner.findContracts()
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug("Found the following contracts $contracts")
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class RecursiveFilesConverter {
 						holder.converterForName(sourceFile.name)
 				try {
 					String path = sourceFile.path
-					if (properties.isExcludeBuildFolders() && (matchesPath(path, "target") || matchesPath(path, "build"))) {
+					if (props.isExcludeBuildFolders() && (matchesPath(path, "target") || matchesPath(path, "build"))) {
 						if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 							log.debug("Exclude build folder is set. Path [${path}] contains [target] or [build] in its path")
 						}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class RecursiveFilesConverter {
 	}
 
 	private Path createAndReturnTargetDirectory(File sourceFile) {
-		Path relativePath = Paths.get(properties.contractsDslDir.toURI()).relativize(sourceFile.parentFile.toPath())
+		Path relativePath = Paths.get(props.contractsDslDir.toURI()).relativize(sourceFile.parentFile.toPath())
 		Path absoluteTargetPath = outMappingsDir.toPath().resolve(relativePath)
 		Files.createDirectories(absoluteTargetPath)
 		return absoluteTargetPath
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverterSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverterSpec.groovy
index d35b35d777..c038cfc346 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverterSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverterSpec.groovy
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class RecursiveFilesConverterSpec extends Specification {
 			Collection<File> createdFiles = [] as List
 			properties.stubsOutputDir.eachFileRecurse(FileType.FILES) {it -> createdFiles << it}
 			Set<String> relativizedCreatedFiles = getRelativePathsForFilesInDirectory(createdFiles, properties.stubsOutputDir)
-			EXPECTED_TARGET_FILES == relativizedCreatedFiles
-		and:
+			relativizedCreatedFiles == EXPECTED_TARGET_FILES
+					and:
 			createdFiles.each { assert it.text.contains("uuid") }
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
index d8339fa37b..e68be8c7f9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.maven.verifier;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties;
 
 class CopyContracts {
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CopyContracts.class);
 	private static final String CONTRACTS_PATH = "/contracts";
 	private final MavenProject project;
 	private final MavenSession mavenSession;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/LocalStubRunner.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/LocalStubRunner.java
index a97f00dacf..313dd02241 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/LocalStubRunner.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/LocalStubRunner.java
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.maven.verifier.stubrunner;
 
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubRunner;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubRunnerOptions;
 
 @Named
 public class LocalStubRunner {
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(LocalStubRunner.class);
 
 	public StubRunner run(final String contractsDir, StubRunnerOptions options) {
 		log.info("Launching StubRunner with contracts from " + contractsDir);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/RemoteStubRunner.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/RemoteStubRunner.java
index 7b148019a8..6c0a13a671 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/RemoteStubRunner.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/stubrunner/RemoteStubRunner.java
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.maven.verifier.stubrunner;
 
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.BatchStubRunner;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.BatchStubRunnerFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.RunningStubs;
@@ -30,7 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.StubRunnerOptions;
 
 @Named
 public class RemoteStubRunner {
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RemoteStubRunner.class);
+
 	private final AetherStubDownloaderFactory aetherStubDownloaderFactory;
 
 	@Inject
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index 3730f8514f..3f7520076f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 			<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- TODO: Remove in favour of jcl -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/FileSaver.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/FileSaver.groovy
index 536e35c42a..f9685f60a4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/FileSaver.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/FileSaver.groovy
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.PackageScope
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder.SingleTestGenerator
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.NamesUtil.package
 
 @CompileStatic
 @PackageScope
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class FileSaver {
 
 	private final File targetDirectory
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
index 0c5701d3e7..bebd2a092f 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder.JavaTestGenerator
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder.SingleTestGenerator
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractFileScanner
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractFileScannerBuilder
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractMetadata
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBuilder.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBuilder.groovy
index 4984a2e0a0..0cdd6b821b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBuilder.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBuilder.groovy
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.transform.PackageScope
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.TestFramework
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.NamesUtil
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 @CompileStatic
 @PackageScope
 class MethodBuilder {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/config/ContractVerifierConfigProperties.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/config/ContractVerifierConfigProperties.groovy
index 7093690e8f..5c07e7d7a4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/config/ContractVerifierConfigProperties.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/config/ContractVerifierConfigProperties.groovy
@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@ class ContractVerifierConfigProperties {
 	String[] staticImports = []
 
 	/**
-	 * Directory containing contracts written using the GroovyDSL
+	 * Directory containing contracts
 	 */
 	File contractsDslDir
 
 	/**
-	 * Test source directory where tests generated from Groovy DSL should be placed
+	 * Test source directory where tests generated
 	 */
 	File generatedTestSourcesDir
 
 	/**
-	 * Dir where the generated WireMock stubs from Groovy DSL should be placed.
+	 * Dir where the generated stubs from the contracts should be placed.
 	 * You can then mention them in your packaging task to create jar with stubs
 	 */
 	File stubsOutputDir
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/ContractsToYaml.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/ContractsToYaml.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b468a43234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/ContractsToYaml.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import groovy.transform.PackageScope
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.BodyMatcher
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Cookies
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.DslProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.ExecutionProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Headers
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.MatchingType
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Multipart
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.NamedProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.NotToEscapePattern
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.JsonPaths
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.JsonToJsonPathsConverter
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.MapConverter
+
+/**
+ * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
+ */
+@PackageScope
+@CompileStatic
+class ContractsToYaml {
+
+	List<YamlContract> convertTo(Collection<Contract> contracts) {
+		return contracts.collect { Contract contract ->
+			YamlContract yamlContract = new YamlContract()
+			if (contract == null) {
+				return yamlContract
+			}
+			yamlContract.name = contract.name
+			yamlContract.ignored = contract.ignored
+			yamlContract.description = contract.description
+			yamlContract.label = contract.label
+			request(contract, yamlContract)
+			response(yamlContract, contract)
+			input(contract, yamlContract)
+			output(contract, yamlContract)
+			return yamlContract
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void output(Contract contract, YamlContract yamlContract) {
+		if (!contract.outputMessage) {
+			return
+		}
+		yamlContract.outputMessage = new YamlContract.OutputMessage()
+		yamlContract.outputMessage.sentTo = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract.outputMessage.sentTo)
+		yamlContract.outputMessage.headers = (contract.outputMessage?.headers as Headers)?.asStubSideMap()
+		yamlContract.outputMessage.body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract.outputMessage?.body)
+		contract.outputMessage?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
+			yamlContract.outputMessage.matchers.body << new YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher(
+					path: matcher.path(),
+					type: testMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
+					value: matcher.value()?.toString(),
+					minOccurrence: matcher.minTypeOccurrence(),
+					maxOccurrence: matcher.maxTypeOccurrence()
+			)
+		}
+		setOutputBodyMatchers(contract.outputMessage?.body, yamlContract.outputMessage.matchers.body)
+		setOutputHeadersMatchers(contract.outputMessage?.headers, yamlContract.outputMessage.matchers.headers)
+	}
+
+	protected void input(Contract contract, YamlContract yamlContract) {
+		if (!contract.input) {
+			return
+		}
+		yamlContract.input = new YamlContract.Input()
+		yamlContract.input.assertThat = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.input?.assertThat?.toString())
+		yamlContract.input.triggeredBy = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.input?.triggeredBy?.toString())
+		yamlContract.input.messageHeaders = (contract.input?.messageHeaders as Headers)?.asTestSideMap()
+		yamlContract.input.messageBody = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.input?.messageBody)
+		yamlContract.input.messageFrom = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.input?.messageFrom)
+		contract.input?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
+			yamlContract.input.matchers.body << new YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher(
+					path: matcher.path(),
+					type: stubMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
+					value: matcher.value()?.toString()
+			)
+		}
+		setInputBodyMatchers(contract.input?.messageBody, yamlContract.input.matchers.body)
+		setInputHeadersMatchers(contract.input?.messageHeaders as Headers, yamlContract.input.matchers.headers)
+	}
+
+	protected void request(Contract contract, YamlContract yamlContract) {
+		if (!contract.request) {
+			return
+		}
+		yamlContract.request = new YamlContract.Request()
+		yamlContract.request.with { YamlContract.Request request ->
+			request.method = contract.request?.method?.serverValue
+			request.url = contract.request?.url?.serverValue
+			request.urlPath = contract.request?.urlPath?.serverValue
+			request.headers = (contract.request?.headers as Headers)?.asMap {
+				String headerName, DslProperty prop ->
+					MapConverter.getTestSideValues(prop).toString()
+			}
+			request.cookies = (contract.request?.cookies as Cookies)?.asTestSideMap()
+			request.body = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.request?.body)
+			Multipart multipart = contract.request.multipart
+			if (multipart) {
+				request.multipart = new YamlContract.Multipart()
+				Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) MapConverter.getTestSideValues(multipart)
+				map.each { String key, Object value ->
+					if (value instanceof NamedProperty) {
+						Object fileName = value.name?.serverValue
+						Object contentType = value.contentType?.serverValue
+						Object fileContent = value.value?.serverValue
+						request.multipart.named << new YamlContract.Named(paramName: key,
+								fileName: fileName instanceof String ? value.name?.serverValue as String : null,
+								fileContent: fileContent instanceof String ? fileContent as String : null,
+								fileContentAsBytes: fileContent instanceof String ? fileContent as String : null,
+								contentType: contentType instanceof String ? contentType as String : null,
+								fileNameCommand: fileName instanceof ExecutionProperty ? fileName.toString() : null,
+								fileContentCommand: fileContent instanceof ExecutionProperty ? fileContent.toString() : null,
+								contentTypeCommand: contentType instanceof ExecutionProperty ? contentType.toString() : null)
+					} else {
+						request.multipart.params.put(key, value != null ? value.toString() : null)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			request.matchers = new YamlContract.StubMatchers()
+			contract.request?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
+				request.matchers.body << new YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher(
+						path: matcher.path(),
+						type: stubMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
+						value: matcher.value()?.toString()
+				)
+			}
+			Object url = contract.request.url?.clientValue
+			request.matchers.url =  url instanceof Pattern ?
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(regex: url.pattern()) :
+					url instanceof ExecutionProperty ?
+							new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(command: url.toString()) : null
+			Object urlPath = contract.request.urlPath?.clientValue
+			request.matchers.url =  urlPath instanceof Pattern ?
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(regex: urlPath.pattern()) :
+					urlPath instanceof ExecutionProperty ?
+							new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(command: urlPath.toString()) : null
+			if (multipart) {
+				request.matchers.multipart = new YamlContract.MultipartStubMatcher()
+				Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) MapConverter.getStubSideValues(multipart)
+				map.each { String key, Object value ->
+					if (value instanceof NamedProperty) {
+						Object fileName = value.name?.clientValue
+						Object fileContent = value.value?.clientValue
+						Object contentType = value.contentType?.clientValue
+						if (fileName instanceof Pattern ||
+								fileContent instanceof Pattern ||
+								contentType instanceof Pattern) {
+							request.matchers.multipart.named << new YamlContract.MultipartNamedStubMatcher(
+									paramName: key,
+									fileName: valueMatcher(fileName),
+									fileContent: valueMatcher(fileContent),
+									contentType: valueMatcher(contentType),
+							)
+						}
+					} else if (value instanceof Pattern) {
+						request.matchers.multipart.params.add(new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+								key: key,
+								regex: value.pattern()
+						))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			// TODO: Cookie matchers - including absent
+			setInputBodyMatchers(contract.request?.body, request.matchers.body)
+			setInputHeadersMatchers(contract.request?.headers as Headers, yamlContract.request.matchers.headers)
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected YamlContract.ValueMatcher valueMatcher(Object o) {
+		return o instanceof Pattern ? new YamlContract.ValueMatcher(regex: o.pattern()) : null
+	}
+
+	protected void setInputBodyMatchers(DslProperty body, List<YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher> bodyMatchers) {
+		JsonPaths paths = new JsonToJsonPathsConverter().transformToJsonPathWithStubsSideValues(body)
+		paths?.findAll { it.valueBeforeChecking() instanceof Pattern }?.each {
+			bodyMatchers << new YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher(
+					path: it.keyBeforeChecking(),
+					type: YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_regex,
+					value: (it.valueBeforeChecking() as Pattern).pattern()
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void setOutputBodyMatchers(DslProperty body, List<YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher> bodyMatchers) {
+		JsonPaths paths = new JsonToJsonPathsConverter().transformToJsonPathWithTestsSideValues(body)
+		paths?.findAll { it.valueBeforeChecking() instanceof Pattern }?.each {
+			bodyMatchers << new YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher(
+					path: it.keyBeforeChecking(),
+					type: YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex,
+					value: (it.valueBeforeChecking() as Pattern).pattern()
+			)
+		}
+		if (body?.serverValue instanceof Pattern) {
+			bodyMatchers << new YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher(
+					type: YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex,
+					value: ((Pattern) body.serverValue).pattern()
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void response(YamlContract yamlContract, Contract contract) {
+		if (!contract.response) {
+			return
+		}
+		yamlContract.response = new YamlContract.Response()
+		yamlContract.response.with { YamlContract.Response response ->
+			response.async = contract.response.async
+			response.status = contract.response?.status?.clientValue as Integer
+			response.headers = (contract.response?.headers as Headers)?.asMap {
+				String headerName, DslProperty prop ->
+					MapConverter.getStubSideValues(prop).toString()
+			}
+			response.cookies = (contract.response?.cookies as Cookies)?.asStubSideMap()
+			response.body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract.response?.body)
+			contract.response?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
+				response.matchers.body << new YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher(
+						path: matcher.path(),
+						type: testMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
+						value: matcher.value()?.toString(),
+						minOccurrence: matcher.minTypeOccurrence(),
+						maxOccurrence: matcher.maxTypeOccurrence()
+				)
+			}
+			setOutputBodyMatchers(contract.response?.body, yamlContract.response.matchers.body)
+			setOutputHeadersMatchers(contract.response?.headers, yamlContract.response.matchers.headers)
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void setInputHeadersMatchers(Headers headers, List<YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher> headerMatchers) {
+		headers?.asStubSideMap()?.each { String key, Object value ->
+			if (value instanceof Pattern) {
+				headerMatchers << new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+						key: key,
+						regex: value.pattern(),
+				)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void setOutputHeadersMatchers(Headers headers, List<YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher> headerMatchers) {
+		headers?.asTestSideMap()?.each { String key, Object value ->
+			if (value instanceof Pattern) {
+				headerMatchers << new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
+						key: key,
+						regex: value.pattern(),
+				)
+			} else if (value instanceof ExecutionProperty) {
+				headerMatchers << new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
+						key: key,
+						command: value.executionCommand,
+				)
+			} else if (value instanceof NotToEscapePattern) {
+				headerMatchers << new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
+						key: key,
+						regex: value.serverValue.pattern(),
+				)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected YamlContract.TestMatcherType testMatcherType(MatchingType matchingType) {
+		switch (matchingType) {
+			case MatchingType.EQUALITY:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_equality
+			case MatchingType.TYPE:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_type
+			case MatchingType.COMMAND:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_command
+			case MatchingType.DATE:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_date
+			case MatchingType.TIME:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_time
+			case MatchingType.TIMESTAMP:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_timestamp
+			case MatchingType.REGEX:
+				return YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex
+		}
+		return null
+	}
+
+	protected YamlContract.StubMatcherType stubMatcherType(MatchingType matchingType) {
+		switch (matchingType) {
+			case MatchingType.EQUALITY:
+				return YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_equality
+			case MatchingType.TYPE:
+			case MatchingType.COMMAND:
+				throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No type for client side")
+			case MatchingType.DATE:
+				return YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_date
+			case MatchingType.TIME:
+				return YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_time
+			case MatchingType.TIMESTAMP:
+				return YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_timestamp
+			case MatchingType.REGEX:
+				return YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_regex
+		}
+		return null
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContract.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContract.groovy
index 176c75351b..9227a876ce 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContract.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContract.groovy
@@ -70,19 +70,31 @@ class YamlContract {
 		public String paramName
 		public String fileName
 		public String fileContent
+		public String fileContentAsBytes
+		public String contentType
+		public String fileNameCommand
+		public String fileContentCommand
+		public String contentTypeCommand
 	}
 
 	@CompileStatic
 	@ToString(includeFields = true)
 	@EqualsAndHashCode
 	static class StubMatchers {
-		// TODO: Add URL matching
+		public KeyValueMatcher url
 		public List<BodyStubMatcher> body = []
 		public List<KeyValueMatcher> headers = []
+		public List<QueryParameterMatcher> queryParameters = []
 		public List<KeyValueMatcher> cookies = []
 		public MultipartStubMatcher multipart
 	}
 
+	@CompileStatic
+	enum MatchingType {
+		equal_to, containing, matching, not_matching, equal_to_json,
+		equal_to_xml, absent
+	}
+
 	@CompileStatic
 	@ToString(includeFields = true)
 	@EqualsAndHashCode
@@ -108,6 +120,7 @@ class YamlContract {
 		public String paramName
 		public ValueMatcher fileName
 		public ValueMatcher fileContent
+		public ValueMatcher contentType
 	}
 
 	@CompileStatic
@@ -137,6 +150,23 @@ class YamlContract {
 		public String key
 		public String regex
 		public PredefinedRegex predefined
+		public String command
+	}
+
+	@CompileStatic
+	@ToString(includeFields = true)
+	@EqualsAndHashCode
+	static class HeadersMatcher extends KeyValueMatcher {
+
+	}
+
+	@CompileStatic
+	@ToString(includeFields = true)
+	@EqualsAndHashCode
+	static class QueryParameterMatcher {
+		public String key
+		public MatchingType type
+		public Object value
 	}
 
 	@CompileStatic
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverter.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverter.groovy
index b26ee19a3b..f9633d6c96 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverter.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverter.groovy
@@ -16,40 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter
 
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.ContractConverter
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.BodyMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Cookies
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.DslProperty
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.ExecutionProperty
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Headers
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.MatchingType
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.MatchingTypeValue
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.NamedProperty
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.RegexPatterns
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.Input
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.Named
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.OutputMessage
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.PredefinedRegex
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.Request
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.Response
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.StubMatcherType
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.StubMatchers
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.TestCookieMatcher
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContract.TestMatcherType
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.MapConverter
-
 /**
  * Simple converter from and to a {@link YamlContract} to a collection of {@link Contract}
  *
@@ -61,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.MapConverter
 class YamlContractConverter implements ContractConverter<List<YamlContract>> {
 
 	public static final YamlContractConverter INSTANCE = new YamlContractConverter()
+	private final YamlToContracts yamlToContracts = new YamlToContracts()
+	private final ContractsToYaml contractsToYaml = new ContractsToYaml()
 
 	@Override
 	boolean isAccepted(File file) {
@@ -69,578 +42,12 @@ class YamlContractConverter implements ContractConverter<List<YamlContract>> {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	Collection<Contract> convertFrom(File contractFile) {
-		ClassLoader classLoader = YamlContractConverter.getClassLoader()
-		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
-		try {
-			return new Yaml().loadAll(Files.newInputStream(contractFile.toPath())).collect {
-				YamlContract yamlContract = mapper.convertValue(it, YamlContract.class);
-				Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(updatedClassLoader(contractFile.getParentFile(), classLoader))
-				return Contract.make {
-					if (yamlContract.description) description(yamlContract.description)
-					if (yamlContract.label) label(yamlContract.label)
-					if (yamlContract.name) name(yamlContract.name)
-					if (yamlContract.priority) priority(yamlContract.priority)
-					if (yamlContract.ignored) ignored()
-					if (yamlContract.request?.method) {
-						request {
-							method(yamlContract.request?.method)
-							if (yamlContract.request?.url) {
-								url(yamlContract.request?.url) {
-									if (yamlContract.request.queryParameters) {
-										queryParameters {
-											yamlContract.request.queryParameters.each { String key, Object value ->
-												if (value instanceof List) {
-													((List) value).each {
-														parameter(key, it)
-													}
-												} else {
-													parameter(key, value)
-												}
-											}
-										}
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.request?.urlPath) {
-								urlPath(yamlContract.request?.urlPath) {
-									if (yamlContract.request.queryParameters) {
-										queryParameters {
-											yamlContract.request.queryParameters.each { String key, Object value ->
-												if (value instanceof List) {
-													((List) value).each {
-														parameter(key, it)
-													}
-												} else {
-													parameter(key, value)
-												}
-											}
-										}
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.request?.headers) {
-								headers {
-									yamlContract.request?.headers?.each { String key, Object value ->
-										KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.headers.find { it.key == key }
-										if (value instanceof List) {
-											((List) value).each {
-												Object clientValue = clientValue(it, matcher, key)
-												header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, it))
-											}
-										} else {
-											Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
-											header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, value))
-										}
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.request?.cookies) {
-								cookies {
-									yamlContract.request?.cookies?.each { String key, Object value ->
-										KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.cookies.find { it.key == key }
-										Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
-
-										cookie(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, value))
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.request.body) body(yamlContract.request.body)
-							if (yamlContract.request.bodyFromFile) body(file(yamlContract.request.bodyFromFile))
-							if (yamlContract.request.multipart) {
-								Map multipartMap = [:]
-								Map<String, DslProperty> multiPartParams = yamlContract.request.multipart.params.collectEntries { String paramKey, String paramValue ->
-									KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.multipart.params.find {
-										it.key == paramKey
-									}
-									Object value = paramValue
-									if (matcher) {
-										value = matcher.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.regex) :
-												predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
-									}
-									return [(paramKey), new DslProperty<>(value, paramValue)]
-								} as Map<String, DslProperty>
-								multipartMap.putAll(multiPartParams)
-								yamlContract.request.multipart.named.each { Named namedParam ->
-									YamlContract.MultipartNamedStubMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.multipart.named.find {
-										it.paramName == namedParam.paramName
-									}
-									Object fileNameValue = namedParam.fileName
-									Object fileContentValue = namedParam.fileContent
-									if (matcher && matcher.fileName) {
-										fileNameValue = matcher.fileName.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.fileName.regex) :
-												predefinedToPattern(matcher.fileName.predefined)
-									}
-									if (matcher && matcher.fileContent) {
-										fileContentValue = matcher.fileContent.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.fileContent.regex) :
-												predefinedToPattern(matcher.fileContent.predefined)
-									}
-									multipartMap.put(namedParam.paramName, new NamedProperty(new DslProperty<>(fileNameValue, namedParam.fileName),
-											new DslProperty<>(fileContentValue, namedParam.fileContent)))
-								}
-								multipart(multipartMap)
-							}
-							bodyMatchers {
-								yamlContract.request.matchers?.body?.each { BodyStubMatcher matcher ->
-									MatchingTypeValue value = null
-									switch (matcher.type) {
-										case StubMatcherType.by_date:
-											value = byDate()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_time:
-											value = byTime()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_timestamp:
-											value = byTimestamp()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_regex:
-											String regex = matcher.value
-											if (matcher.predefined) {
-												regex = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined).pattern()
-											}
-											value = byRegex(regex)
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_equality:
-											value = byEquality()
-											break
-									}
-									jsonPath(matcher.path, value)
-								}
-							}
-						}
-						response {
-							status(yamlContract.response.status)
-							headers {
-								yamlContract.response?.headers?.each { String key, Object value ->
-									TestHeaderMatcher matcher = yamlContract.response.matchers.headers.find { it.key == key }
-									if (value instanceof List) {
-										((List) value).each {
-											Object serverValue = serverValue(it, matcher, key)
-											header(key, new DslProperty(it, serverValue))
-										}
-									} else {
-										Object serverValue = serverValue(value, matcher, key)
-										header(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.response?.cookies) {
-								cookies {
-									yamlContract.response?.cookies?.each { String key, Object value ->
-										TestCookieMatcher matcher = yamlContract.response.matchers.cookies.find { it.key == key }
-										Object serverValue = serverCookieValue(value, matcher, key)
-
-										cookie(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
-									}
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.response.body) body(yamlContract.response.body)
-							if (yamlContract.response.bodyFromFile) body(file(yamlContract.response.bodyFromFile))
-							if (yamlContract.response.async) async()
-							bodyMatchers {
-								yamlContract.response?.matchers?.body?.each { BodyTestMatcher testMatcher ->
-									MatchingTypeValue value = null
-									switch (testMatcher.type) {
-										case TestMatcherType.by_date:
-											value = byDate()
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_time:
-											value = byTime()
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_timestamp:
-											value = byTimestamp()
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_regex:
-											String regex = testMatcher.value
-											if (testMatcher.predefined) {
-												regex = predefinedToPattern(testMatcher.predefined).pattern()
-											}
-											value = byRegex(regex)
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_equality:
-											value = byEquality()
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_type:
-											value = byType() {
-												if (testMatcher.minOccurrence != null) minOccurrence(testMatcher.minOccurrence)
-												if (testMatcher.maxOccurrence != null) maxOccurrence(testMatcher.maxOccurrence)
-											}
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_command:
-											value = byCommand(testMatcher.value)
-											break
-										case TestMatcherType.by_null:
-											value = byNull()
-											break
-									}
-									jsonPath(testMatcher.path, value)
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					if (yamlContract.input) {
-						input {
-							if (yamlContract.input.messageFrom) messageFrom(yamlContract.input.messageFrom)
-							if (yamlContract.input.assertThat) assertThat(yamlContract.input.assertThat)
-							if (yamlContract.input.triggeredBy) triggeredBy(yamlContract.input.triggeredBy)
-							messageHeaders {
-								yamlContract.input?.messageHeaders?.each { String key, Object value ->
-									KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.input.matchers?.headers?.find { it.key == key }
-									Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
-									header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, value))
-								}
-							}
-							if (yamlContract.input.messageBody) messageBody(yamlContract.input.messageBody)
-							if (yamlContract.input.messageBodyFromFile) messageBody(file(yamlContract.input.messageBodyFromFile))
-							bodyMatchers {
-								yamlContract.input.matchers.body?.each { BodyStubMatcher matcher ->
-									MatchingTypeValue value = null
-									switch (matcher.type) {
-										case StubMatcherType.by_date:
-											value = byDate()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_time:
-											value = byTime()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_timestamp:
-											value = byTimestamp()
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_regex:
-											String regex = matcher.value
-											if (matcher.predefined) {
-												regex = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined).pattern()
-											}
-											value = byRegex(regex)
-											break
-										case StubMatcherType.by_equality:
-											value = byEquality()
-											break
-										default:
-											throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The type [" + matcher.type + "] is unsupported. Hint: If you're using <predefined> remember to pass <type: by_regex>")
-									}
-									jsonPath(matcher.path, value)
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					OutputMessage outputMsg = yamlContract.outputMessage
-					if (outputMsg) {
-						outputMessage {
-							if (outputMsg.assertThat) assertThat(outputMsg.assertThat)
-							if (outputMsg.sentTo) sentTo(outputMsg.sentTo)
-							headers {
-								outputMsg.headers?.each { String key, Object value ->
-									TestHeaderMatcher matcher = outputMsg.matchers?.headers?.find { it.key == key }
-									Object serverValue = serverValue(value, matcher, key)
-									header(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
-								}
-							}
-							if (outputMsg.body) body(outputMsg.body)
-							if (outputMsg.bodyFromFile) body(file(outputMsg.bodyFromFile))
-							if (outputMsg.matchers) {
-								bodyMatchers {
-									yamlContract.outputMessage?.matchers?.body?.each { BodyTestMatcher testMatcher ->
-										MatchingTypeValue value = null
-										switch (testMatcher.type) {
-											case TestMatcherType.by_date:
-												value = byDate()
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_time:
-												value = byTime()
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_timestamp:
-												value = byTimestamp()
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_regex:
-												String regex = testMatcher.value
-												if (testMatcher.predefined) {
-													regex = predefinedToPattern(testMatcher.predefined).pattern()
-												}
-												value = byRegex(regex)
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_equality:
-												value = byEquality()
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_type:
-												value = byType() {
-													if (testMatcher.minOccurrence != null) minOccurrence(testMatcher.minOccurrence)
-													if (testMatcher.maxOccurrence != null) maxOccurrence(testMatcher.maxOccurrence)
-												}
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_command:
-												value = byCommand(testMatcher.value)
-												break
-											case TestMatcherType.by_null:
-												value = byNull()
-												break
-											default:
-												throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The type [" + testMatcher.type + "] is unsupported. Hint: If you're using <predefined> remember to pass <type: by_regex>")
-										}
-										jsonPath(testMatcher.path, value)
-									}
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e)
-		}
-		catch (IllegalStateException ise) {
-			throw ise
-		}
-		catch (Exception e1) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Exception occurred while processing the file [" + contractFile + "]", e1)
-		} finally {
-			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(classLoader)
-		}
+	Collection<Contract> convertFrom(File file) {
+		return this.yamlToContracts.convertFrom(file)
 	}
 
-	protected Object serverValue(Object value, TestHeaderMatcher matcher, String key) {
-		Object serverValue = value
-		if (matcher?.regex) {
-			serverValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
-			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) serverValue
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
-			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
-			serverValue = pattern
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		} else if (matcher?.command) {
-			serverValue = new ExecutionProperty(matcher.command)
-		}
-		return serverValue
-	}
-
-	protected Object serverCookieValue(Object value, TestCookieMatcher matcher, String key) {
-		Object serverValue = value
-		if (matcher?.regex) {
-			serverValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
-			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) serverValue
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
-			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
-			serverValue = pattern
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		}
-		return serverValue
-	}
-
-	protected Object clientValue(Object value, KeyValueMatcher matcher, String key) {
-		Object clientValue = value
-		if (matcher?.regex) {
-			clientValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
-			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) clientValue
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
-			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
-			clientValue = pattern
-			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
-		}
-		return clientValue
-	}
-
-	private void assertPatternMatched(Pattern pattern, value, String key) {
-		boolean matches = pattern.matcher(value.toString()).matches()
-		if (!matches) throw new IllegalStateException("Broken headers! A header with " +
-				"key [${key}] with value [${value}] is not matched by regex [${pattern.pattern()}]")
-	}
-
-	protected Pattern predefinedToPattern(PredefinedRegex predefinedRegex) {
-		RegexPatterns patterns = new RegexPatterns()
-		switch (predefinedRegex) {
-			case PredefinedRegex.only_alpha_unicode:
-				return patterns.onlyAlphaUnicode()
-			case PredefinedRegex.number:
-				return patterns.number()
-			case PredefinedRegex.any_double:
-				return patterns.aDouble()
-			case PredefinedRegex.any_boolean:
-				return patterns.anyBoolean()
-			case PredefinedRegex.ip_address:
-				return patterns.ipAddress()
-			case PredefinedRegex.hostname:
-				return patterns.hostname()
-			case PredefinedRegex.email:
-				return patterns.email()
-			case PredefinedRegex.url:
-				return patterns.url()
-			case PredefinedRegex.uuid:
-				return patterns.uuid()
-			case PredefinedRegex.iso_date:
-				return patterns.isoDate()
-			case PredefinedRegex.iso_date_time:
-				return patterns.isoDateTime()
-			case PredefinedRegex.iso_time:
-				return patterns.isoTime()
-			case PredefinedRegex.iso_8601_with_offset:
-				return patterns.iso8601WithOffset()
-			case PredefinedRegex.non_empty:
-				return patterns.nonEmpty()
-			case PredefinedRegex.non_blank:
-				return patterns.nonBlank()
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected String file(String relativePath) {
-		URL resource = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(relativePath)
-		if (resource == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("File [${relativePath}] is not present")
-		}
-		return new File(resource.toURI()).text
-	}
-
-	protected static ClassLoader updatedClassLoader(File rootFolder, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-		ClassLoader urlCl = URLClassLoader
-				.newInstance([rootFolder.toURI().toURL()] as URL[], classLoader)
-		Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(urlCl)
-		return urlCl
-	}
-	
 	@Override
 	List<YamlContract> convertTo(Collection<Contract> contracts) {
-		return contracts.collect { Contract contract ->
-			YamlContract yamlContract = new YamlContract()
-			yamlContract.description = contract.description
-			if (contract?.request?.method) {
-				yamlContract.request = new Request()
-				yamlContract.request.with { Request request ->
-					request.method = contract?.request?.method?.clientValue
-					request.url = contract?.request?.url?.clientValue
-					request.urlPath = contract?.request?.urlPath?.clientValue
-					request.headers = (contract?.request?.headers as Headers)?.asTestSideMap()
-					request.cookies = (contract?.request?.cookies as Cookies)?.asTestSideMap()
-					request.body = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract?.request?.body)
-					request.matchers = new StubMatchers()
-					contract?.request?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
-						request.matchers.body << new BodyStubMatcher(
-								path: matcher.path(),
-								type: stubMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
-								value: matcher.value()?.toString()
-						)
-					}
-					setInputHeaders(contract?.request?.headers as Headers, yamlContract.request.matchers.headers)
-				}
-				yamlContract.response = new Response()
-				yamlContract.response.with { Response response ->
-					response.status = contract?.response?.status?.clientValue as Integer
-					response.headers = (contract?.response?.headers as Headers)?.asStubSideMap()
-					response.cookies = (contract?.response?.cookies as Cookies)?.asStubSideMap()
-					response.body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract?.response?.body)
-					contract?.response?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
-						response.matchers.body << new BodyTestMatcher(
-								path: matcher.path(),
-								type: testMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
-								value: matcher.value()?.toString(),
-								minOccurrence: matcher.minTypeOccurrence(),
-								maxOccurrence: matcher.maxTypeOccurrence()
-						)
-					}
-					setOutputHeaders(contract?.response?.headers, yamlContract.response.matchers.headers)
-				}
-			}
-			yamlContract.label = contract.label
-			if (contract.input) {
-				yamlContract.input = new Input()
-				yamlContract.input.assertThat = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract?.input?.assertThat?.toString())
-				yamlContract.input.triggeredBy = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract?.input?.triggeredBy?.toString())
-				yamlContract.input.messageHeaders = (contract?.input?.messageHeaders as Headers)?.asTestSideMap()
-				yamlContract.input.messageBody = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract?.input?.messageBody)
-				yamlContract.input.messageFrom = MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract?.input?.messageFrom)
-				contract?.input?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
-					yamlContract.input.matchers.body << new BodyStubMatcher(
-							path: matcher.path(),
-							type: stubMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
-							value: matcher.value()?.toString()
-					)
-				}
-				setInputHeaders(contract?.input?.messageHeaders as Headers, yamlContract.input.matchers.headers)
-			}
-			if (contract.outputMessage) {
-				yamlContract.outputMessage = new OutputMessage()
-				yamlContract.outputMessage.sentTo = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract.outputMessage.sentTo)
-				yamlContract.outputMessage.headers = (contract?.outputMessage?.headers as Headers)?.asStubSideMap()
-				yamlContract.outputMessage.body = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(contract?.outputMessage?.body)
-				contract?.outputMessage?.bodyMatchers?.jsonPathMatchers()?.each { BodyMatcher matcher ->
-					yamlContract.outputMessage.matchers.body << new BodyTestMatcher(
-							path: matcher.path(),
-							type: testMatcherType(matcher.matchingType()),
-							value: matcher.value()?.toString(),
-							minOccurrence: matcher.minTypeOccurrence(),
-							maxOccurrence: matcher.maxTypeOccurrence()
-					)
-				}
-				setOutputHeaders(contract?.outputMessage?.headers, yamlContract.outputMessage.matchers.headers)
-			}
-			return yamlContract
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected void setInputHeaders(Headers headers, List<KeyValueMatcher> headerMatchers) {
-		headers?.asStubSideMap()?.each { String key, Object value ->
-			if (value instanceof Pattern) {
-				headerMatchers << new KeyValueMatcher(
-						key: key,
-						regex: value.pattern(),
-				)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected void setOutputHeaders(Headers headers, List<TestHeaderMatcher> headerMatchers) {
-		headers?.asTestSideMap()?.each { String key, Object value ->
-			if (value instanceof Pattern) {
-				headerMatchers << new TestHeaderMatcher(
-						key: key,
-						regex: value.pattern(),
-				)
-			} else if (value instanceof ExecutionProperty) {
-				headerMatchers << new TestHeaderMatcher(
-						key: key,
-						command: value.executionCommand,
-				)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected TestMatcherType testMatcherType(MatchingType matchingType) {
-		switch (matchingType) {
-			case MatchingType.EQUALITY:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_equality
-			case MatchingType.TYPE:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_type
-			case MatchingType.COMMAND:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_command
-			case MatchingType.DATE:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_date
-			case MatchingType.TIME:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_time
-			case MatchingType.TIMESTAMP:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_timestamp
-			case MatchingType.REGEX:
-				return TestMatcherType.by_regex
-		}
-		return null
-	}
-
-	protected StubMatcherType stubMatcherType(MatchingType matchingType) {
-		switch (matchingType) {
-			case MatchingType.EQUALITY:
-				return StubMatcherType.by_equality
-			case MatchingType.TYPE:
-			case MatchingType.COMMAND:
-				throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No type for client side")
-			case MatchingType.DATE:
-				return StubMatcherType.by_date
-			case MatchingType.TIME:
-				return StubMatcherType.by_time
-			case MatchingType.TIMESTAMP:
-				return StubMatcherType.by_timestamp
-			case MatchingType.REGEX:
-				return StubMatcherType.by_regex
-		}
-		return null
+		return this.contractsToYaml.convertTo(contracts)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlToContracts.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlToContracts.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..badf0829c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlToContracts.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter
+
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLMapper
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import groovy.transform.PackageScope
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.DslProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.ExecutionProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.MatchingTypeValue
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.NamedProperty
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.RegexPatterns
+
+/**
+ * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
+ */
+@CompileStatic
+@PackageScope
+class YamlToContracts {
+
+	Collection<Contract> convertFrom(File contractFile) {
+		ClassLoader classLoader = YamlContractConverter.getClassLoader()
+		YAMLMapper mapper = new YAMLMapper()
+		try {
+			Iterable<Object> iterables = new Yaml().loadAll(Files.newInputStream(contractFile.toPath()))
+			Collection<Contract> contracts = []
+			for (Object o : iterables) {
+				Closure<List<Contract>> processYaml = processYaml(mapper, classLoader, contractFile)
+				contracts.addAll(processYaml(o))
+			}
+			return contracts
+		}
+		catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(e)
+		}
+		catch (IllegalStateException ise) {
+			throw ise
+		}
+		catch (Exception e1) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Exception occurred while processing the file [" + contractFile + "]", e1)
+		} finally {
+			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(classLoader)
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected Closure<List<Contract>> processYaml(ObjectMapper mapper, ClassLoader classLoader, File contractFile) {
+		return {
+			List<YamlContract> yamlContracts = convert(mapper, it)
+			Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(updatedClassLoader(contractFile.getParentFile(), classLoader))
+			return yamlContracts.collect { YamlContract yamlContract ->
+				return Contract.make {
+					if (yamlContract.description) description(yamlContract.description)
+					if (yamlContract.label) label(yamlContract.label)
+					if (yamlContract.name) name(yamlContract.name)
+					if (yamlContract.priority) priority(yamlContract.priority)
+					if (yamlContract.ignored) ignored()
+					if (yamlContract.request?.method) {
+						request {
+							method(yamlContract.request?.method)
+							if (yamlContract.request?.url) {
+								url(yamlContract.request?.url) {
+									if (yamlContract.request.queryParameters) {
+										queryParameters {
+											yamlContract.request.queryParameters.each { String key, Object value ->
+												if (value instanceof List) {
+													((List) value).each {
+														parameter(key, it)
+													}
+												} else {
+													parameter(key, value)
+												}
+											}
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.request?.urlPath) {
+								urlPath(yamlContract.request?.urlPath) {
+									if (yamlContract.request.queryParameters) {
+										queryParameters {
+											yamlContract.request.queryParameters.each { String key, Object value ->
+												if (value instanceof List) {
+													((List) value).each {
+														parameter(key, it)
+													}
+												} else {
+													parameter(key, value)
+												}
+											}
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.request?.headers) {
+								headers {
+									yamlContract.request.headers.each { String key, Object value ->
+										List<YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher> matchers =
+												yamlContract.request.matchers.headers.findAll { it.key == key }
+										matchers.each { YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher ->
+											if (value instanceof List) {
+												((List) value).each {
+													Object clientValue = clientValue(it, matcher, key)
+													header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue,
+															it instanceof DslProperty ? it.serverValue : it))
+												}
+											} else {
+												Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
+												header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, serverValue(value, matcher)))
+											}
+										}
+										if (!matchers) {
+											header(key, value)
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.request?.cookies) {
+								cookies {
+									yamlContract.request?.cookies?.each { String key, Object value ->
+										YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.cookies.find { it.key == key }
+										Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
+										cookie(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, value))
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.request.body != null) body(yamlContract.request.body)
+							if (yamlContract.request.bodyFromFile != null) body(file(yamlContract.request.bodyFromFile))
+							if (yamlContract.request.multipart) {
+								Map multipartMap = [:]
+								Map<String, DslProperty> multiPartParams = yamlContract.request
+										.multipart.params.collectEntries { String paramKey, String paramValue ->
+									YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers
+											.multipart.params.find {
+										it.key == paramKey
+									}
+									Object value = paramValue
+									if (matcher) {
+										value = matcher.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.regex) :
+												predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
+									}
+									return [(paramKey), new DslProperty<>(value, paramValue)]
+								} as Map<String, DslProperty>
+								multipartMap.putAll(multiPartParams)
+								yamlContract.request.multipart.named.each { YamlContract.Named namedParam ->
+									YamlContract.MultipartNamedStubMatcher matcher = yamlContract.request.matchers.multipart.named.find {
+										it.paramName == namedParam.paramName
+									}
+									Object fileNameValue = namedParam.fileName
+									Object fileContentValue = namedParam.fileContent
+									String fileContentValueAsBytes = namedParam.fileContentAsBytes
+									String contentTypeCommand = namedParam.contentTypeCommand
+									String fileContentCommand = namedParam.fileContentCommand
+									String fileNameCommand = namedParam.fileNameCommand
+									Object contentTypeValue = namedParam.contentType
+									if (matcher && matcher.fileName) {
+										fileNameValue = matcher.fileName.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.fileName.regex) :
+												predefinedToPattern(matcher.fileName.predefined)
+									}
+									if (matcher && matcher.fileContent) {
+										fileContentValue = matcher.fileContent.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.fileContent.regex) :
+												predefinedToPattern(matcher.fileContent.predefined)
+									}
+									if (matcher && matcher.contentType) {
+										contentTypeValue = matcher.contentType.regex ? Pattern.compile(matcher.contentType.regex) :
+												predefinedToPattern(matcher.contentType.predefined)
+									}
+									multipartMap.put(namedParam.paramName, new NamedProperty(
+											new DslProperty<>(fileNameValue, fileNameCommand ? new ExecutionProperty(fileNameCommand)
+													: namedParam.fileName),
+											new DslProperty<>(fileContentValue, namedParam.fileContent ?: fileContentValueAsBytes
+													?: new ExecutionProperty(fileContentCommand)),
+											new DslProperty(contentTypeValue, contentTypeCommand ? new ExecutionProperty(contentTypeCommand)
+													: namedParam.contentType)))
+								}
+								multipart(multipartMap)
+							}
+							bodyMatchers {
+								yamlContract.request.matchers?.body?.each { YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher matcher ->
+									MatchingTypeValue value = null
+									switch (matcher.type) {
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_date:
+											value = byDate()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_time:
+											value = byTime()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_timestamp:
+											value = byTimestamp()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_regex:
+											String regex = matcher.value
+											if (matcher.predefined) {
+												regex = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined).pattern()
+											}
+											value = byRegex(regex)
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_equality:
+											value = byEquality()
+											break
+									}
+									jsonPath(matcher.path, value)
+								}
+							}
+						}
+						response {
+							status(yamlContract.response.status)
+							headers {
+								yamlContract.response?.headers?.each { String key, Object value ->
+									YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher matcher = yamlContract.response.matchers.headers.find { it.key == key }
+									if (value instanceof List) {
+										((List) value).each {
+											Object serverValue = serverValue(it, matcher, key)
+											header(key, new DslProperty(it, serverValue))
+										}
+									} else {
+										Object serverValue = serverValue(value, matcher, key)
+										header(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.response?.cookies) {
+								cookies {
+									yamlContract.response?.cookies?.each { String key, Object value ->
+										YamlContract.TestCookieMatcher matcher = yamlContract.response.matchers.cookies.find { it.key == key }
+										Object serverValue = serverCookieValue(value, matcher, key)
+										cookie(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.response.body != null) {
+								YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher bodyTestMatcher = yamlContract.response?.matchers?.body?.find {
+									it.path == null && (it.type == YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex ||
+											it.type == YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_command)
+								}
+								if (bodyTestMatcher) {
+									body(new DslProperty(yamlContract.response.body,
+											bodyTestMatcher.type == YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex ?
+											Pattern.compile(bodyTestMatcher.value) : new ExecutionProperty(bodyTestMatcher.value)))
+								} else {
+									body(yamlContract.response.body)
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.response.bodyFromFile) body(file(yamlContract.response.bodyFromFile))
+							if (yamlContract.response.async) async()
+							bodyMatchers {
+								yamlContract.response?.matchers?.body?.each { YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher testMatcher ->
+									MatchingTypeValue value = null
+									switch (testMatcher.type) {
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_date:
+											value = byDate()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_time:
+											value = byTime()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_timestamp:
+											value = byTimestamp()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex:
+											String regex = testMatcher.value
+											if (testMatcher.predefined) {
+												regex = predefinedToPattern(testMatcher.predefined).pattern()
+											}
+											value = byRegex(regex)
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_equality:
+											value = byEquality()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_type:
+											value = byType() {
+												if (testMatcher.minOccurrence != null) minOccurrence(testMatcher.minOccurrence)
+												if (testMatcher.maxOccurrence != null) maxOccurrence(testMatcher.maxOccurrence)
+											}
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_command:
+											value = byCommand(testMatcher.value)
+											break
+										case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_null:
+											value = byNull()
+											break
+									}
+									if (testMatcher.path) {
+										jsonPath(testMatcher.path, value)
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					if (yamlContract.input) {
+						input {
+							if (yamlContract.input.messageFrom) messageFrom(yamlContract.input.messageFrom)
+							if (yamlContract.input.assertThat) assertThat(yamlContract.input.assertThat)
+							if (yamlContract.input.triggeredBy) triggeredBy(yamlContract.input.triggeredBy)
+							messageHeaders {
+								yamlContract.input?.messageHeaders?.each { String key, Object value ->
+									YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher = yamlContract.input.matchers?.headers?.find { it.key == key }
+									Object clientValue = clientValue(value, matcher, key)
+									header(key, new DslProperty(clientValue, value))
+								}
+							}
+							if (yamlContract.input.messageBody) messageBody(yamlContract.input.messageBody)
+							if (yamlContract.input.messageBodyFromFile) messageBody(file(yamlContract.input.messageBodyFromFile))
+							bodyMatchers {
+								yamlContract.input.matchers.body?.each { YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher matcher ->
+									MatchingTypeValue value = null
+									switch (matcher.type) {
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_date:
+											value = byDate()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_time:
+											value = byTime()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_timestamp:
+											value = byTimestamp()
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_regex:
+											String regex = matcher.value
+											if (matcher.predefined) {
+												regex = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined).pattern()
+											}
+											value = byRegex(regex)
+											break
+										case YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_equality:
+											value = byEquality()
+											break
+										default:
+											throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The type [" + matcher.type + "] is unsupported. Hint: If you're using <predefined> remember to pass <type: by_regex>")
+									}
+									jsonPath(matcher.path, value)
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					YamlContract.OutputMessage outputMsg = yamlContract.outputMessage
+					if (outputMsg) {
+						outputMessage {
+							if (outputMsg.assertThat) assertThat(outputMsg.assertThat)
+							if (outputMsg.sentTo) sentTo(outputMsg.sentTo)
+							headers {
+								outputMsg.headers?.each { String key, Object value ->
+									YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher matcher = outputMsg.matchers?.headers?.find { it.key == key }
+									Object serverValue = serverValue(value, matcher, key)
+									header(key, new DslProperty(value, serverValue))
+								}
+							}
+							if (outputMsg.body) body(outputMsg.body)
+							if (outputMsg.bodyFromFile) body(file(outputMsg.bodyFromFile))
+							if (outputMsg.matchers) {
+								bodyMatchers {
+									yamlContract.outputMessage?.matchers?.body?.each { YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher testMatcher ->
+										MatchingTypeValue value = null
+										switch (testMatcher.type) {
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_date:
+												value = byDate()
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_time:
+												value = byTime()
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_timestamp:
+												value = byTimestamp()
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex:
+												String regex = testMatcher.value
+												if (testMatcher.predefined) {
+													regex = predefinedToPattern(testMatcher.predefined).pattern()
+												}
+												value = byRegex(regex)
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_equality:
+												value = byEquality()
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_type:
+												value = byType() {
+													if (testMatcher.minOccurrence != null) minOccurrence(testMatcher.minOccurrence)
+													if (testMatcher.maxOccurrence != null) maxOccurrence(testMatcher.maxOccurrence)
+												}
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_command:
+												value = byCommand(testMatcher.value)
+												break
+											case YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_null:
+												value = byNull()
+												break
+											default:
+												throw new UnsupportedOperationException("The type [" + testMatcher.type + "] is unsupported. Hint: If you're using <predefined> remember to pass <type: by_regex>")
+										}
+										jsonPath(testMatcher.path, value)
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected List<YamlContract> convert(ObjectMapper mapper, Object o) {
+		try {
+			return Arrays.asList(mapper.convertValue(o, YamlContract[].class))
+		} catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			return Collections.singletonList(mapper.convertValue(o, YamlContract.class))
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected Object serverValue(Object value, YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher matcher, String key) {
+		Object serverValue = value
+		if (matcher?.regex) {
+			serverValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
+			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) serverValue
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
+			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
+			serverValue = pattern
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		} else if (matcher?.command) {
+			serverValue = new ExecutionProperty(matcher.command)
+		}
+		return serverValue
+	}
+
+	protected Object serverCookieValue(Object value, YamlContract.TestCookieMatcher matcher, String key) {
+		Object serverValue = value
+		if (matcher?.regex) {
+			serverValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
+			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) serverValue
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
+			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
+			serverValue = pattern
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		}
+		return serverValue
+	}
+
+	protected Object clientValue(Object value, YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher, String key) {
+		Object clientValue = value instanceof DslProperty ? value.clientValue : value
+		if (matcher?.regex) {
+			clientValue = Pattern.compile(matcher.regex)
+			Pattern pattern = (Pattern) clientValue
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		} else if (matcher?.predefined) {
+			Pattern pattern = predefinedToPattern(matcher.predefined)
+			clientValue = pattern
+			assertPatternMatched(pattern, value, key)
+		}
+		return clientValue
+	}
+
+	protected Object serverValue(Object value, YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher matcher) {
+		Object serverValue = value
+		if (matcher?.command) {
+			return new ExecutionProperty(matcher.command)
+		}
+		return serverValue instanceof DslProperty ?
+				((DslProperty) serverValue).serverValue : serverValue
+	}
+
+	private void assertPatternMatched(Pattern pattern, value, String key) {
+		boolean matches = pattern.matcher(value.toString()).matches()
+		if (!matches) throw new IllegalStateException("Broken headers! A header with " +
+				"key [${key}] with value [${value}] is not matched by regex [${pattern.pattern()}]")
+	}
+
+	protected Pattern predefinedToPattern(YamlContract.PredefinedRegex predefinedRegex) {
+		RegexPatterns patterns = new RegexPatterns()
+		switch (predefinedRegex) {
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.only_alpha_unicode:
+				return patterns.onlyAlphaUnicode()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.number:
+				return patterns.number()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.any_double:
+				return patterns.aDouble()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.any_boolean:
+				return patterns.anyBoolean()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.ip_address:
+				return patterns.ipAddress()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.hostname:
+				return patterns.hostname()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.email:
+				return patterns.email()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.url:
+				return patterns.url()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.uuid:
+				return patterns.uuid()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.iso_date:
+				return patterns.isoDate()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.iso_date_time:
+				return patterns.isoDateTime()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.iso_time:
+				return patterns.isoTime()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.iso_8601_with_offset:
+				return patterns.iso8601WithOffset()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.non_empty:
+				return patterns.nonEmpty()
+			case YamlContract.PredefinedRegex.non_blank:
+				return patterns.nonBlank()
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected String file(String relativePath) {
+		URL resource = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(relativePath)
+		if (resource == null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("File [${relativePath}] is not present")
+		}
+		return new File(resource.toURI()).text
+	}
+
+	protected static ClassLoader updatedClassLoader(File rootFolder, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		ClassLoader urlCl = URLClassLoader
+				.newInstance([rootFolder.toURI().toURL()] as URL[], classLoader)
+		Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(urlCl)
+		return urlCl
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockRequestStubStrategy.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
index 8c2130678b..1d38c822f5 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import groovy.transform.CompileDynamic
 import groovy.transform.PackageScope
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
 import groovy.transform.TypeCheckingMode
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.Body
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.RegexpBuilders.bu
  */
 @TypeChecked
 @PackageScope
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class WireMockRequestStubStrategy extends BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 
 	private final Request request
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScanner.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScanner.groovy
index be2c4383ed..5f6fc70018 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScanner.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScanner.groovy
@@ -16,21 +16,23 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file
 
+import java.nio.file.FileSystem
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.PathMatcher
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap
 import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
-import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.ContractConverter
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContractConverter
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.ContractVerifierDslConverter
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader
 
-import java.nio.file.FileSystem
-import java.nio.file.FileSystems
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.PathMatcher
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
 /**
  * Scans the provided file path for the DSLs. There's a possibility to provide
  * inclusion and exclusion filters.
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @CompileStatic
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class ContractFileScanner {
 
 	private static final String OS_NAME = System.getProperty("os.name");
@@ -87,8 +89,7 @@ class ContractFileScanner {
 	 * and try to convert via pluggable Contract Converters any possible contracts
 	 */
 	private void appendRecursively(File baseDir, ListMultimap<Path, ContractMetadata> result) {
-		List<ContractConverter> converters = converters()
-		converters.add(YamlContractConverter.INSTANCE)
+		List<ContractConverter> converters = convertersWithYml()
 		if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			log.trace("Found the following contract converters ${converters}")
 		}
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ class ContractFileScanner {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected List<ContractConverter> convertersWithYml() {
+		List<ContractConverter> converters = converters()
+		converters.add(YamlContractConverter.INSTANCE)
+		return converters
+	}
+
 	protected List<ContractConverter> converters() {
 		return SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactories(ContractConverter, null)
 	}
@@ -173,9 +180,6 @@ class ContractFileScanner {
 				files.size(), order, convertedContract)
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug("Creating a contract entry for path [" + path + "] and metadata [" + metadata + "]")
-		}
-		if (convertedContract) {
-
 		}
 		result.put(parent, metadata)
 	}
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ class ContractFileScanner {
 			if (matcher.matches(file.toPath())) {
 				return true
 			}
-			log.debug("Path [{}] doesn't match the pattern [{}]", file.toPath(), matcher)
+			log.debug("Path [${file.toPath()}] doesn't match the pattern [${matcher}]")
 		}
 		return false
 	}
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ class ContractFileScanner {
 	private boolean isContractFile(File file) {
 		return file.isFile() && getFilenameExtension(file.toString())?.equalsIgnoreCase("groovy")
 	}
-	
+
 	private static String getFilenameExtension(String path) {
 		if (path == null) {
 			return null
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerBuilder.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerBuilder.groovy
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a12df89e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerBuilder.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2013-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file
+
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+/**
+ * Scans the provided file path for the DSLs. There's a possibility to provide
+ * inclusion and exclusion filters.
+ *
+ * @author Jakub Kubrynski, codearte.io
+ *
+ * @since 2.1.0
+ */
+@CompileStatic
+class ContractFileScannerBuilder {
+
+	private File baseDir
+	private Set<String> excluded
+	private Set<String> ignored
+	private Set<String> included = []
+	private String includeMatcher = ""
+
+	ContractFileScannerBuilder baseDir(File baseDir) {
+		this.baseDir = baseDir
+		return this
+	}
+
+	ContractFileScannerBuilder excluded(Set<String> excluded) {
+		this.excluded = excluded
+		return this
+	}
+
+	ContractFileScannerBuilder ignored(Set<String> ignored) {
+		this.ignored = ignored
+		return this
+	}
+
+	ContractFileScannerBuilder included(Set<String> included) {
+		this.included = included
+		return this
+	}
+
+	ContractFileScannerBuilder includeMatcher(String includeMatcher) {
+		this.includeMatcher = includeMatcher
+		return this
+	}
+
+	ContractFileScanner build() {
+		return new ContractFileScanner(this.baseDir,
+		this.excluded,
+		this.ignored,
+		this.includeMatcher)
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
index b2ef40c79b..e0a5a7fb8f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContentUtils.groovy
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import groovy.json.JsonException
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils
 import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GStringImpl
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.DslProperty
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.unescapeXml
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @TypeChecked
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class ContentUtils {
 
 	public static final Closure GET_STUB_SIDE = {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContractVerifierDslConverter.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContractVerifierDslConverter.groovy
index 5a3f43eae5..b65fb721d6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContractVerifierDslConverter.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/ContractVerifierDslConverter.groovy
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @CompileStatic
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class ContractVerifierDslConverter {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/DelegatingJsonVerifiable.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/DelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
index 74573419d1..ba651cefa0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/DelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/DelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import com.toomuchcoding.jsonassert.JsonVerifiable;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava;
 
@@ -33,21 +35,33 @@ import static org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava;
  */
 class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DelegatingJsonVerifiable.class);
+
 	private static final Pattern FIELD_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\.field\\((\")?(.)+(\")?\\)");
 	private static final Pattern ARRAY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\.array\\((\")?(.)+(\")?\\)");
 
 	final JsonVerifiable delegate;
 	final LinkedList<String> methodsBuffer;
+	final Object valueToCheck;
+
+	DelegatingJsonVerifiable(JsonVerifiable delegate,
+			LinkedList<String> methodsBuffer, Object valueToCheck) {
+		this.delegate = delegate;
+		this.methodsBuffer = new LinkedList<>(methodsBuffer);
+		this.valueToCheck = valueToCheck;
+	}
 
 	DelegatingJsonVerifiable(JsonVerifiable delegate,
 			LinkedList<String> methodsBuffer) {
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 		this.methodsBuffer = new LinkedList<>(methodsBuffer);
+		this.valueToCheck = null;
 	}
 
 	DelegatingJsonVerifiable(JsonVerifiable delegate) {
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 		this.methodsBuffer = new LinkedList<>();
+		this.valueToCheck = null;
 	}
 
 	private static String stringWithEscapedQuotes(Object object) {
@@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable field(Object value) {
 		Object valueToPut = value instanceof ShouldTraverse ? ((ShouldTraverse) value).value : value;
 		Object wrappedValue = wrapInBrackets(valueToPut);
-		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.field(wrappedValue), this.methodsBuffer);
+		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.field(wrappedValue), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		if (this.delegate.isIteratingOverArray() && !(value instanceof ShouldTraverse)) {
 			verifiable.appendMethodWithQuotedValue("contains", wrappedValue);
 		} else {
@@ -105,7 +119,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable array(Object value) {
 		Object valueToPut = wrapInBrackets(value);
-		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.array(valueToPut), this.methodsBuffer);
+		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.array(valueToPut), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		verifiable.appendMethodWithQuotedValue("array", valueToPut);
 		return verifiable;
 	}
@@ -113,7 +127,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable arrayField(Object value) {
 		Object valueToPut = wrapInBrackets(value);
-		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.field(valueToPut).arrayField(), this.methodsBuffer);
+		DelegatingJsonVerifiable verifiable = new DelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.field(valueToPut).arrayField(), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		verifiable.appendMethodWithQuotedValue("array", valueToPut);
 		return verifiable;
 	}
@@ -147,7 +161,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable isEqualTo(String value) {
 		DelegatingJsonVerifiable readyToCheck = new FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.jsonPath(),
-				this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer);
+				this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		if (this.delegate.isAssertingAValueInArray() && readyToCheck.methodsBuffer.peekLast().equals(".arrayField()")) {
 			readyToCheck.appendMethodWithQuotedValue("isEqualTo", escapeJava(value));
 			readyToCheck.methodsBuffer.offer(".value()");
@@ -170,7 +184,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable isEqualTo(Number value) {
 		DelegatingJsonVerifiable readyToCheck = new FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(this.delegate.jsonPath(),
-				this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer);
+				this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		// related to #271 - the problem is with asserting arrays of maps vs arrays of primitives
 		String last = readyToCheck.methodsBuffer.peekLast();
 		boolean containsAMatcher = containsAnyMatcher(last);
@@ -212,7 +226,8 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable matches(String value) {
 		DelegatingJsonVerifiable readyToCheck = new FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(
-				this.delegate.jsonPath(), this.delegate.matches(value), this.methodsBuffer);
+				this.delegate.jsonPath(), this.delegate.matches(value), this.methodsBuffer,
+				compilePattern(value));
 		if (this.delegate.isAssertingAValueInArray()) {
 			readyToCheck.appendMethodWithQuotedValue("matches", escapedHackedJavaText(value));
 			readyToCheck.methodsBuffer.offer(".value()");
@@ -222,6 +237,15 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 		return readyToCheck;
 	}
 
+	private Object compilePattern(String value) {
+		try {
+			return Pattern.compile(value);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			log.warn("Exception occurred while trying to compile the pattern [" + value + "]. Will return the value explicitly. Hopefully, you know what you're doing...");
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * We need to escape the pattern in order for the produced text to be compilable.
 	 * The problem is that sometimes we get quotes that already escaped. If we escape them
@@ -236,7 +260,7 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 	@Override
 	public MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable isEqualTo(Boolean value) {
 		DelegatingJsonVerifiable readyToCheck = new FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(
-				this.delegate.jsonPath(), this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer);
+				this.delegate.jsonPath(), this.delegate.isEqualTo(value), this.methodsBuffer, value);
 		if (this.delegate.isAssertingAValueInArray()) {
 			readyToCheck.methodsBuffer.offer(".value()");
 		} else {
@@ -254,6 +278,10 @@ class DelegatingJsonVerifiable implements MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable {
 		return this.delegate.jsonPath();
 	}
 
+	@Override public Object valueBeforeChecking() {
+		return this.valueToCheck;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean assertsSize() {
 		for (String s : this.methodsBuffer) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
index ef8c79859b..688eeb932e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable.java
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ class FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable extends DelegatingJsonVerifiable {
 		this.keyBeforeChecking = keyBeforeChecking;
 	}
 
+	FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(String keyBeforeChecking, JsonVerifiable delegate,
+			LinkedList<String> methodsBuffer, Object value) {
+		super(delegate, methodsBuffer, value);
+		this.keyBeforeChecking = keyBeforeChecking;
+	}
+
 	FinishedDelegatingJsonVerifiable(JsonVerifiable delegate,
 			LinkedList<String> methodsBuffer) {
 		super(delegate, methodsBuffer);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
index 1bfe6bf92c..d849c888e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.PathNotFoundException
 import com.toomuchcoding.jsonassert.JsonAssertion
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.BodyMatcher
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.BodyMatchers
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.ExecutionProperty
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
  */
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class JsonToJsonPathsConverter {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable.java
index 384343b6ca..e34ed89860 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public interface MethodBufferingJsonVerifiable
 
 	String keyBeforeChecking();
 
+	Object valueBeforeChecking();
+
 	boolean assertsSize();
 
 	boolean assertsConcreteValue();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/SpringAmqpStubMessages.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/SpringAmqpStubMessages.java
index bf2834f225..cf378003dc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/SpringAmqpStubMessages.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/SpringAmqpStubMessages.java
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageListener;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessagePropertiesBuilder;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import static org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.DefaultClassMapper.DEFA
 public class SpringAmqpStubMessages implements
 		MessageVerifier<Message> {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpringAmqpStubMessages.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SpringAmqpStubMessages.class);
 
 	private final RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate;
 
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ public class SpringAmqpStubMessages implements
 		verify(this.rabbitTemplate, atLeastOnce()).send(eq(destination), routingKeyCaptor.capture(),
 				messageCaptor.capture(), ArgumentMatchers.any());
 		if (messageCaptor.getAllValues().isEmpty()) {
-			log.info("no messages found on destination {}", destination);
+			log.info("no messages found on destination [" + destination + "]");
 			return null;
 		} else if (messageCaptor.getAllValues().size() > 1) {
-			log.info("multiple messages found on destination {} returning last one - {}", destination);
+			log.info("multiple messages found on destination [" + destination + "] returning last one");
 			return messageCaptor.getValue();
 		}
 		Message message = messageCaptor.getValue();
 		if (message == null) {
-			log.info("no messages found on destination {}", destination);
+			log.info("no messages found on destination [" + destination + "]");
 			return null;
 		}
 		if (!routingKeyCaptor.getValue().isEmpty()) {
-			log.info("routing key passed  {}", routingKeyCaptor.getValue());
+			log.info("routing key passed [" + routingKeyCaptor.getValue() + "]");
 			message.getMessageProperties()
 					.setReceivedRoutingKey(routingKeyCaptor.getValue());
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/SpringIntegrationStubMessages.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/SpringIntegrationStubMessages.java
index abdbf4d629..879182d120 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/SpringIntegrationStubMessages.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/SpringIntegrationStubMessages.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.messaging.integration;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.messaging.MessageVerifier;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
 public class SpringIntegrationStubMessages implements
 		MessageVerifier<Message<?>> {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(
-			SpringIntegrationStubMessages.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SpringIntegrationStubMessages.class);
 
 	private final ApplicationContext context;
 	private final ContractVerifierIntegrationMessageBuilder builder = new ContractVerifierIntegrationMessageBuilder();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/StreamStubMessages.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/StreamStubMessages.java
index 17f6b88339..e90acdd274 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/StreamStubMessages.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/StreamStubMessages.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.messaging.MessageVerifier;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.config.BindingProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.config.BindingServiceProperties;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public class StreamStubMessages implements MessageVerifier<Message<?>> {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StreamStubMessages.class);
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(StreamStubMessages.class);
 
 	private final ApplicationContext context;
 	private final MessageCollector messageCollector;
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ public class StreamStubMessages implements MessageVerifier<Message<?>> {
 					.getBindings().entrySet()) {
 				if (destination.equals(entry.getValue().getDestination())) {
 					if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-						log.debug("Found a channel named [{}] with destination [{}]",
-								entry.getKey(), destination);
+						log.debug("Found a channel named [" +
+								entry.getKey() + "] with destination [" + destination + "]");
 					}
 					channels.put(entry.getKey().toLowerCase(), destination);
 				}
@@ -99,14 +99,13 @@ public class StreamStubMessages implements MessageVerifier<Message<?>> {
 				return channels.keySet().iterator().next();
 			} else if (channels.size() > 0) {
 				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					log.debug("Found following channels [{}] for destination [{}]. "
-									+ "Will pick the one that matches the default channel name or the first one if none is matching",
-							channels, destination);
+					log.debug("Found following channels [" + channels + "] for destination [" + destination + "]. "
+									+ "Will pick the one that matches the default channel name or the first one if none is matching");
 				}
 				String defaultChannelName = channels.get(defaultChannel.name().toLowerCase());
 				String matchingChannelName = StringUtils.hasText(defaultChannelName) ? defaultChannel.name().toLowerCase() : channels.keySet().iterator().next();
 				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					log.debug("Picked channel name is [{}]", matchingChannelName);
+					log.debug("Picked channel name is [" + matchingChannelName + "]");
 				}
 				return matchingChannelName;
 			}
@@ -115,8 +114,7 @@ public class StreamStubMessages implements MessageVerifier<Message<?>> {
 		}
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug(
-					"No destination named [" + destination + "] was found. Assuming that the destination equals the channel name",
-					destination);
+					"No destination named [" + destination + "] was found. Assuming that the destination equals the channel name");
 		}
 		return destination;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/SingleTestGeneratorSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/SingleTestGeneratorSpec.groovy
index 6d72082b7c..08d2873006 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/SingleTestGeneratorSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/SingleTestGeneratorSpec.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder
 
+
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.TestGenerator
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfig
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.TestMode
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractMetadata
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.SyntaxChecker
+import org.springframework.util.FileSystemUtils
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils
 import spock.lang.Issue
 import spock.lang.Specification
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ class SingleTestGeneratorSpec extends Specification {
 	@Rule
 	TemporaryFolder tmpFolder = new TemporaryFolder()
 	File file
+	File tmp
 
 	private static final List<String> mockMvcJUnitRestAssured2ClassStrings = ['import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;', 'import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;',
 																			  'import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;', 'import org.junit.Ignore;', 'import org.junit.Test;', 'import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;',
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/YamlMockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/YamlMockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6cfc2e0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/YamlMockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,1958 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2013-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder
+
+
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException
+import org.junit.Rule
+import spock.lang.Issue
+import spock.lang.Shared
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.util.environment.RestoreSystemProperties
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.rule.OutputCapture
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.YamlContractConverter
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.dsl.WireMockStubVerifier
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.SyntaxChecker
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Kubrynski, codearte.io
+ * @author Tim Ysewyn
+ */
+class YamlMockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec extends Specification implements WireMockStubVerifier {
+
+	@Rule
+	OutputCapture capture = new OutputCapture()
+
+	@Shared
+	ContractVerifierConfigProperties properties = new ContractVerifierConfigProperties(
+			assertJsonSize: true
+	)
+
+	static File textToFile(String text) {
+		File temp = File.createTempFile("yaml", ".yml")
+		temp.text = text
+		return temp
+	}
+
+	static Contract fromYaml(String text) {
+		return new YamlContractConverter().convertFrom(textToFile(text))[0]
+	}
+
+	@Shared
+	String contractDslWithCookiesValue = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foo"
+  headers:
+    'Accept': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'cookie-value'
+response:
+  status: 200
+  headers:
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'new-cookie-value'
+  body:
+    status: 'OK'
+"""
+
+	@Shared
+	String contractDslWithCookiesPattern = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foo"
+  headers:
+    'Accept': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'cookie-value'
+  matchers:
+    cookies:
+      - key: 'cookie-key'
+        regex: '[A-Za-z]+'
+response:
+  status: 200
+  headers:
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'new-cookie-value'
+  body:
+    status: 'OK'
+  matchers:
+    cookies:
+      - key: 'cookie-key'
+        regex: '[A-Za-z]+'
+"""
+
+	// TODO: Add absent
+	@Shared
+	String contractDslWithAbsentCookies = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foo"
+  headers:
+    'Accept': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'cookie-value'
+  matchers:
+    cookies:
+      - key: 'cookie-key'
+        regex: '[A-Za-z]+'
+response:
+  status: 200
+  headers:
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+  cookies:
+    'cookie-key': 'new-cookie-value'
+  body:
+    status: 'OK'
+  matchers:
+    cookies:
+      - key: 'cookie-key'
+        absent
+"""
+
+	@Shared
+	// tag::contract_with_regex[]
+	String dslWithOptionalsInString = """\
+---
+priority: 1
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "/users/password"
+  headers:
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+  body:
+    email: 'abc@abc.com'
+    callback_url: 'http://partners.com'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+    body:
+      - path: \$.email
+        predefined: email
+      - path: \$.callback_url
+        predefined: hostname
+response:
+  status: 404
+  headers:
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+  body:
+    code: "123123"
+    message: "User not found by email = [not.existing@user.com]"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+    body:
+      - path: \$.code
+        type: by_regex
+        value: "[123123]?"
+      - path: \$.message
+        type: by_regex
+        value: "User not found by email = [[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}]"
+"""
+	// end::contract_with_regex[]
+
+	def "should generate assertions for simple response body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    "property1": "a"
+    "property2": "b"
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property2']").isEqualTo("b")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#187")
+	def "should generate assertions for null and boolean values with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    "property1": "true"
+    "property2": null
+    "property3": false
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("true")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property2']").isNull()""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property3']").isEqualTo(false)""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#79")
+	def "should generate assertions for simple response body constructed from map with a list with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    "property1": "a"
+    "property2":
+      - "a" : "sth"
+      - "b" : "sthElse"
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property2']").contains("['a']").isEqualTo("sth")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property2']").contains("['b']").isEqualTo("sthElse")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#79")
+	@RestoreSystemProperties
+	def "should generate assertions for simple response body constructed from map with a list with #methodBuilderName with array size check"() {
+		given:
+			System.setProperty('spring.cloud.contract.verifier.assert.size', 'true')
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    "property1": "a"
+    "property2":
+      - "a" : "sth"
+      - "b" : "sthElse"
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property2']").contains("['a']").isEqualTo("sth")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property2']").hasSize(2)""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property2']").contains("['b']").isEqualTo("sthElse")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#82")
+	def "should generate proper request when body constructed from map with a list #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+  body:
+    items: 
+      - "HOP"
+response:
+  status: 200
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains(bodyString)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | bodyString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | """.body('''{\"items\":[\"HOP\"]}''')"""
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '.body("{\\"items\\":[\\"HOP\\"]}")'
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#88")
+	def "should generate proper request when body constructed from GString with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+  body: "property1=VAL1"
+response:
+  status: 200
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains(bodyString)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | bodyString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | """.body('''property1=VAL1''')"""
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '.body("property1=VAL1")'
+	}
+
+	@Issue("185")
+	def "should generate assertions for a response body containing map with integers as keys with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			// YAML CAN'T HAVE INTEGER KEYS
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    property: 
+      14: 0.0
+      7: 0.0
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property']").field("['7']").isEqualTo(0.0)""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property']").field("['14']").isEqualTo(0.0)""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate assertions for array in response body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: '
+  [
+		{
+		 "property1": "a"
+		},
+		{
+		 "property2": "b"
+		}
+  ]'
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().contains("['property2']").isEqualTo("b")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().contains("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate assertions for array inside response body element with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: '
+    {
+      "property1": [
+        { "property2": "test1"},
+        { "property3": "test2"}
+      ]
+    }'
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property1']").contains("['property2']").isEqualTo("test1")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['property1']").contains("['property3']").isEqualTo("test2")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate assertions for nested objects in response body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = """\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: '
+  {
+    "property1": "a",
+    "property2": {"property3": "b"}
+  }'
+"""
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property2']").field("['property3']").isEqualTo("b")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate regex assertions for map objects in response body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    property1: "a"
+    property2: "123"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.property2
+        type: by_regex
+        value: "[0-9]{3}"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+		then:
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""\$.property2", String.class)).matches("[0-9]{3}")""")
+			blockBuilder.toString().contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['property1']").isEqualTo("a")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileWithoutCompileStatic(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate a call with an url path and query parameters with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  urlPath: "/users"
+  queryParameters:
+    'limit': "10"
+    'offset': "20"
+    'filter': "email"
+    'sort': "name"
+    'search': "55"
+    'age': "99"
+    'name': "Denis.Stepanov"
+    'email': "bob@email.com"
+  matchers:
+    queryParameters:
+      - key: limit
+        type: equal_to
+        value: "10"
+      - key: offset
+        type: containing
+        value: "20"
+      - key: sort
+        type: equal_to
+        value: "name"
+      - key: sort
+        type: not_matching
+        value: "^/[0-9]{2}$"
+      - key: age
+        type: not_matching
+        value: '^\\w*$'
+      - key: name
+        type: matching
+        value: 'Denis.*'
+      - key: hello
+        type: absent
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    property1: "a"
+    property2: "b"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("limit","10")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("offset","20")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("filter","email")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("sort","name")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("search","55")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("age","99")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("name","Denis.Stepanov")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("email","bob@email.com")''')
+			test.contains('''.get("/users")''')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'property1\']").isEqualTo("a")')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'property2\']").isEqualTo("b")')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#169')
+	def "should generate a call with an url path and query parameters with url containing a pattern with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  urlPath: "/foo/123456"
+  queryParameters:
+    'limit': "10"
+    'offset': "20"
+    'filter': "email"
+    'sort': "name"
+    'search': "55"
+    'age': "99"
+    'name': "Denis.Stepanov"
+    'email': "bob@email.com"
+  matchers:
+    url:
+      regex: '/foo/[0-9]+'
+    queryParameters:
+      - key: limit
+        type: equal_to
+        value: "10"
+      - key: offset
+        type: containing
+        value: "20"
+      - key: sort
+        type: equal_to
+        value: "name"
+      - key: sort
+        type: not_matching
+        value: "^/[0-9]{2}$"
+      - key: age
+        type: not_matching
+        value: '^\\w*$'
+      - key: name
+        type: matching
+        value: 'Denis.*'
+      - key: hello
+        type: absent
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    property1: "a"
+    property2: "b"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("limit","10")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("offset","20")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("filter","email")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("sort","name")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("search","55")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("age","99")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("name","Denis.Stepanov")''')
+			test.contains('''.queryParam("email","bob@email.com")''')
+			test.contains('''.get("/foo/123456")''')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'property1\']").isEqualTo("a")')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'property2\']").isEqualTo("b")')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate test for empty body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "/ws/payments"
+  body: ""
+response:
+  status: 406
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains(bodyString)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | bodyString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | ".body('''''')"
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '.body("")'
+	}
+
+	def "should generate test for String in response body with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "test"
+  body: ""
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: "test"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains(bodyDefinitionString)
+			test.contains(bodyEvaluationString)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | bodyDefinitionString                                   | bodyEvaluationString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | 'def responseBody = (response.body.asString())'        | 'responseBody == "test"'
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | 'String responseBody = response.getBody().asString();' | 'assertThat(responseBody).isEqualTo("test");'
+	}
+
+	@Issue('113')
+	def "should generate regex test for String in response header with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "/partners/1000/users"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json"
+  body:
+    first_name: 'John'
+    last_name: 'Smith'
+    personal_id: '12345678901'
+    phone_number: '500500500'
+    invitation_token: '00fec7141bb94793bfe7ae1d0f39bda0'
+    password: 'john'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+    url:
+      regex: '/partners/[0-9]+/users'
+response:
+  status: 201
+  headers:
+    "Location": "http://localhost/partners/1000/users/1001"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Location'
+        regex: 'http://localhost/partners/[0-9]+/users/[0-9]+'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains(headerEvaluationString)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | headerEvaluationString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | '''response.header('Location') ==~ java.util.regex.Pattern.compile('http://localhost/partners/[0-9]+/users/[0-9]+')'''
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | 'assertThat(response.header("Location")).matches("http://localhost/partners/[0-9]+/users/[0-9]+");'
+	}
+
+	def "should work with more complex stuff and jsonpaths with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+priority: 10
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "/validation/client"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json"
+  body:
+    bank_account_number: '0014282912345698765432161182'
+    email: 'foo@bar.com'
+    phone_number: '100299300'
+    personal_id: 'ABC123456'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+    url:
+      regex: '/partners/[0-9]+/users'
+response:
+  status: 201
+  body:
+    errors:
+    - property: "bank_account_number"
+      message: "incorrect_format"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['errors']").contains("['property']").isEqualTo("bank_account_number")""")
+			test.contains("""assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("['errors']").contains("['message']").isEqualTo("incorrect_format")""")
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('72')
+	def "should make the execute method work with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+priority: 10
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/fraudcheck"
+response:
+  status: 201
+  headers:
+    "Location": null
+  body:
+    rejectionReason: "foo"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: "$.rejectionReason"
+        type: by_command
+        value: assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull($it)
+    headers:
+      - key: "Location"
+        command: assertThatLocationIsNull($it)
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			assertionStrings.each { String assertionString ->
+				assert test.contains(assertionString)
+			}
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | assertionStrings
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | ['''assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull(parsedJson.read("\\\$.rejectionReason"))''', '''assertThatLocationIsNull(response.header('Location'))''']
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | ['''assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull(parsedJson.read("$.rejectionReason"))''', '''assertThatLocationIsNull(response.header("Location"))''']
+	}
+	def "shouldn't generate unicode escape characters with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+priority: 10
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/v1/payments/e86df6f693de4b35ae648464c5b0dc09/енев"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json"
+  body:
+    client:
+      first_name: "Пенева"
+      last_name: "Пенева"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+    body:
+      - path: $.first_name
+        type: by_regex
+        value: '[\\p{L}]*'
+      - path: $.last_name
+        type: by_regex
+        value: '[\\p{L}]*'
+response:
+  status: 201
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			!test.contains("\\u041f")
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('180')
+	def "should generate proper test code when having multipart parameters with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/multipart"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x'
+  multipart:
+    params: 
+      formParameter: '"formParameterValue"'
+      someBooleanParameter: 'true'
+    named: 
+      - paramName: "file"
+        fileName: 'filename.csv'
+        fileContent: 'file content'
+        contentType: 'application/json'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x.*'
+    multipart:
+      params:
+        - key: formParameter
+          regex: ".+"
+        - key: someBooleanParameter
+          predefined: any_boolean
+      named:
+        - paramName: file
+          fileName:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          fileContent:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          contentType:
+            predefined: non_empty
+response:
+  status: 201
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			for (String requestString : requestStrings) {
+				assert test.contains(requestString)
+			}
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | requestStrings
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 """.param('formParameter', '"formParameterValue"'""",
+																																	 """.param('someBooleanParameter', 'true')""",
+																																	 """.multiPart('file', 'filename.csv', 'file content'.bytes, 'application/json')"""]
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 '.param("formParameter", "\\"formParameterValue\\"")',
+																																	 '.param("someBooleanParameter", "true")',
+																																	 '.multiPart("file", "filename.csv", "file content".getBytes(), "application/json");']
+	}
+
+	@Issue('546')
+	def "should generate test code when having multipart parameters with byte array #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/multipart"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x'
+  multipart:
+    params: 
+      formParameter: '"formParameterValue"'
+      someBooleanParameter: 'true'
+    named: 
+      - paramName: "file"
+        fileName: 'filename.csv'
+        fileContent: "file content"
+        contentType: 'application/json'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x.*'
+    multipart:
+      params:
+        - key: formParameter
+          regex: ".+"
+        - key: someBooleanParameter
+          predefined: any_boolean
+      named:
+        - paramName: file
+          fileName:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          fileContent:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          contentType:
+            predefined: non_empty
+response:
+  status: 201
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			for (String requestString : requestStrings) {
+				assert test.contains(requestString)
+			}
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | requestStrings
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 """.multiPart('file', 'filename.csv', 'file content'.bytes, 'application/json')"""]
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 '.multiPart("file", "filename.csv", "file content".getBytes(), "application/json");']
+	}
+
+	@Issue('541')
+	def "should generate proper test code when having multipart parameters that use execute with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/multipart"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x'
+  multipart:
+    params: 
+      formParameter: '"formParameterValue"'
+      someBooleanParameter: 'true'
+    named: 
+      - paramName: "file"
+        fileNameCommand: 'toString()'
+        fileContentAsBytes: 'file content'
+        contentType: 'application/json'
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x.*'
+    multipart:
+      params:
+        - key: formParameter
+          regex: ".+"
+        - key: someBooleanParameter
+          predefined: any_boolean
+      named:
+        - paramName: file
+          fileName:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          fileContent:
+            predefined: non_empty
+          contentType:
+            predefined: non_empty
+response:
+  status: 201
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			for (String requestString : requestStrings) {
+				assert test.contains(requestString)
+			}
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | requestStrings
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 """.param('formParameter', '"formParameterValue"'""",
+																																	 """.param('someBooleanParameter', 'true')""",
+																																	 """.multiPart('file', toString(), 'file content'.bytes, 'application/json')"""]
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | ['"Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"',
+																																	 '.param("formParameter", "\\"formParameterValue\\"")',
+																																	 '.param("someBooleanParameter", "true")',
+																																	 '.multiPart("file", toString(), "file content".getBytes(), "application/json");']
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#216')
+	def "should parse JSON with arrays using Spock"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/auth/oauth/check_token"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    authorities:
+     - ROLE_ADMIN
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.authorities[0]
+        type: by_regex
+        value: '^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\- ]+$'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''assertThat(parsedJson.read("\\$.authorities[0]", String.class)).matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\\\- ]+\\$")''')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileWithoutCompileStatic("spock", blockBuilder.toString())
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#216')
+	def "should parse JSON with arrays using JUnit"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/auth/oauth/check_token"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    authorities:
+     - ROLE_ADMIN
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.authorities[0]
+        type: by_regex
+        value: '^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\- ]+$'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''assertThat(parsedJson.read("$.authorities[0]", String.class)).matches("^[a-zA-Z0-9_\\\\- ]+$")''')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileJava(blockBuilder.toString())
+	}
+
+	def "should work with execution property with #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "PUT"
+  url: "/fraudcheck"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    fraudCheckStatus: "OK"
+    rejectionReason: null
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.rejectionReason
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull($it)"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			!test.contains('''assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'rejectionReason']").isEqualTo("assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull("''')
+			test.contains('''assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull(''')
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('262')
+	def "should generate proper test code with map inside list"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foos"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    - id: "123"
+    - id: "567"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $[0].id
+        type: by_regex
+        value: "[0-9]+"
+      - path: $[1].id
+        type: by_regex
+        value: "[0-9]+"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThat(parsedJson.read("\\$[0].id", String.class)).matches("[0-9]+")')
+			test.contains('assertThat(parsedJson.read("\\$[1].id", String.class)).matches("[0-9]+")')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileWithoutCompileStatic("spock", blockBuilder.toString())
+	}
+
+	@Issue('266')
+	def "should generate proper test code with top level array using #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/tags"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: 
+    - "Java"
+    - "Java8"
+    - "Spring"
+    - "SpringBoot"
+    - "Stream"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Java8").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Spring").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Java").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Stream").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("SpringBoot").value()')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('266')
+	@RestoreSystemProperties
+	def "should generate proper test code with top level array using #methodBuilderName with array size check"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/tags"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: ["Java", "Java8", "Spring", "SpringBoot", "Stream"]
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			System.setProperty('spring.cloud.contract.verifier.assert.size', 'true')
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).hasSize(5)')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Java8").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Spring").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Java").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("Stream").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).arrayField().contains("SpringBoot").value()')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('266')
+	def "should generate proper test code with top level array or arrays using #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/categories"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: [["Programming", "Java"], ["Programming", "Java", "Spring", "Boot"]]
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().array().arrayField().isEqualTo("Programming").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().array().arrayField().isEqualTo("Java").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().array().arrayField().isEqualTo("Spring").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().array().arrayField().isEqualTo("Boot").value()')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('47')
+	def "should generate async body when async flag set in response"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "test"
+response:
+  async: true
+  status: 200
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains(bodyDefinitionString)
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | bodyDefinitionString
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | '.when().async()'
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '.when().async()'
+	}
+
+	@Issue('372')
+	def "should generate async body after queryParams when async flag set in response and queryParams set in request"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/test"
+  queryParameters:
+    param: value
+response:
+  async: true
+  status: 200
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+			def strippedTest = test.replace('\n', '').replace(' ', '').stripIndent().stripMargin()
+		then:
+			strippedTest.contains('.queryParam("param","value").when().async().get("/test")')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWireMockStub(contractDsl)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	def "should generate proper test code with array of primitives using #methodBuilderName"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/tags"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    - partners:
+        payment_methods: 
+          - BANK
+          - CASH
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().field("[\'partners\']").array("[\'payment_methods\']").arrayField().isEqualTo("BANK").value()')
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array().field("[\'partners\']").array("[\'payment_methods\']").arrayField().isEqualTo("CASH").value()')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#273')
+	def "should not escape dollar in Spock regex tests"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    code: 9
+    message: Wrong credentials
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.message
+        type: by_regex
+        value: '^(?!\\s*$).+'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThat(parsedJson.read("\\$.message", String.class)).matches("^(?!\\\\s*\\$).+")')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileGroovy(blockBuilder.toString(), false)
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#85')
+	def "should execute custom method for complex structures on the response side"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    fraudCheckStatus: "OK"
+    rejectionReason:
+      title: null
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.rejectionReason.title
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull($it)"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.then(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull(parsedJson.read("\\\$.rejectionReason.title"))')
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileGroovy(blockBuilder.toString())
+		then:
+			def e = thrown(MultipleCompilationErrorsException)
+			e.message.contains("Cannot find matching method Script1#assertThatRejectionReasonIsNull")
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#85')
+	def "should execute custom method for more complex structures on the response side when using Spock"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    - name: "userName 1"
+    - name: "userName 2"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $[0].name
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatUserNameIsNotNull($it)"
+      - path: $[1].name
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatUserNameIsNotNull($it)"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.then(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''assertThatUserNameIsNotNull(parsedJson.read("\\$[0].name"))''')
+			test.contains('''assertThatUserNameIsNotNull(parsedJson.read("\\$[1].name"))''')
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#85')
+	def "should execute custom method for more complex structures on the response side when using JUnit"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body:
+    - name: "userName 1"
+    - name: "userName 2"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $[0].name
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatUserNameIsNotNull($it)"
+      - path: $[1].name
+        type: by_command
+        value: "assertThatUserNameIsNotNull($it)"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.then(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('''assertThatUserNameIsNotNull(parsedJson.read("$[0].name")''')
+			test.contains('''assertThatUserNameIsNotNull(parsedJson.read("$[1].name")''')
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#111')
+	def "should execute custom method for request headers"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+  headers:
+    authorization: Bearer token
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: "authorization"
+        command: "getOAuthTokenHeader()"
+response:
+  status: 200
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.given(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('.header("authorization", getOAuthTokenHeader())')
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileGroovy(blockBuilder.toString())
+		then:
+			def e = thrown(MultipleCompilationErrorsException)
+			e.message.contains("Cannot find matching method Script1#getOAuthTokenHeader")
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#150')
+	def "should support body matching in response"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: "HELLO FROM STUB"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - type: by_regex
+        value: ".*"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains("responseBody ==~ java.util.regex.Pattern.compile('.*')")
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileGroovy(blockBuilder.toString())
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#150')
+	def "should support custom method execution in response"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: "HELLO FROM STUB"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - type: by_command
+        value: "foo($it)"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(contractDsl, properties)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains("foo(responseBody)")
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileGroovy(blockBuilder.toString())
+		then:
+			def e = thrown(MultipleCompilationErrorsException)
+			e.message.contains("Cannot find matching method Script1#foo")
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#162')
+	def "should escape regex properly for content type"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/get"
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.fraud.v1+json"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application.vnd.fraud.v1.json.*'
+response:
+  status: 200
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.fraud.v1+json"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application.vnd.fraud.v1.json.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			matcher(test)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | matcher
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | { String s -> 'assertThat(response.header("Content-Type")).matches("application.vnd.fraud.v1.json.*")' }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | { String s -> "response.header('Content-Type') ==~ java.util.regex.Pattern.compile('application.vnd.fraud.v1.json.*')" }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#172')
+	def "should resolve plain text properly via headers"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foo"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: |
+    {"a":1}
+    {"a":2}
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "text/plain"
+  matchers:
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'text/plain.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			!test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("[\'a\']").isEqualTo(1)')
+			test.contains(expectedAssertion)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			//order is inverted cause Intellij didn't parse this properly
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | expectedAssertion
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | '''responseBody == "{\\"a\\":1}\\n{\\"a\\":2}'''
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '''assertThat(responseBody).isEqualTo("{\\"a\\":1}\\n{\\"a\\":2}'''
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#443')
+	def "should resolve plain text that happens to be a valid json for [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/foo"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: 'true'
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - type: by_regex
+        value: 'true|false'
+    headers:
+      - key: 'Content-Type'
+        regex: 'application/json;charset=utf-8.*'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			testAssertion(test)
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder                                                                               | testAssertion
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }     | { String testContents -> testContents.contains("""responseBody ==~ java.util.regex.Pattern.compile('true|false')""") }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                      | { String testContents -> testContents.contains("""assertThat(responseBody).matches("true|false");""") }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | { String testContents -> testContents.contains("""responseBody ==~ java.util.regex.Pattern.compile('true|false')""") }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | { String testContents -> testContents.contains("""assertThat(responseBody).matches("true|false");""") }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#169')
+	def "should escape quotes properly using [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "POST"
+  url: "/foo"
+  body:
+    xyz: 'abc'
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: '{ "bar": "some value \\u0022with quote\\u0022" }'
+  headers:
+    "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
+  matchers:
+    body:
+      - path: $.bar
+        type: by_regex
+        value: 'some value "with quote"|bar'
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('.matches("some value \\"with quote\\"|bar")')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompileWithoutCompileStatic(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		where:
+			//order is inverted cause Intellij didn't parse this properly
+			methodBuilderName           | methodBuilder                                                                           | expectedAssertion
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | '''responseBody == "{\\"a\\":1}\\n{\\"a\\":2}"'''
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | '''assertThat(responseBody).isEqualTo("{\\"a\\":1}\\n{\\"a\\":2}'''
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#169')
+	def "should make the execute method work in a url for [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
+				request {
+					method 'POST'
+					url $(c("foo"), p(execute("executedMethod()")))
+				}
+				response {
+					status OK()
+				}
+			}
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		and:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, test)
+		then:
+			def e = thrown(Throwable)
+			missingMethodAssertion(e, capture)
+		and:
+			test.contains("executedMethod()")
+			!test.contains("\"executedMethod()\"")
+			!test.contains("'executedMethod()'")
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder                                                                               | missingMethodAssertion
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }     | { Throwable t, OutputCapture capture -> t.message.contains("Cannot find matching method Script1#executedMethod") }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                      | { Throwable t, OutputCapture capture -> t.message.contains("Truncated class file") && capture.toString().contains("post(executedMethod())") }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | { Throwable t, OutputCapture capture -> t.message.contains("Cannot find matching method Script1#executedMethod") }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | { Throwable t, OutputCapture capture -> t.message.contains("Truncated class file") && capture.toString().contains("path(executedMethod())") }
+	}
+
+	@Issue('#203')
+	def "should create an assertion for an empty list for [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/v1/xxxx"
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: 
+    status: '200'
+    list: []
+    foo   : 
+      - "bar"
+      - "baz"
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		and:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, test)
+		then:
+			test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("[\'list\']").isEmpty()')
+			!test.contains('assertThatJson(parsedJson).array("[\'foo\']").isEmpty()')
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+	@Issue("#226")
+	def "should work properly when body is an integer [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+			String contract = '''\
+---
+request:
+  method: "GET"
+  url: "/api/v1/xxxx"
+  body: 12000
+response:
+  status: 200
+  body: 12000
+'''
+			Contract contractDsl = fromYaml(contract)
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		and:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		when:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, test)
+		then:
+			requestAssertion(test)
+			responseAssertion(test)
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder                                                                               | requestAssertion                                                                      | responseAssertion
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }     | { String body -> body.contains("body('''12000''')") }                                 | { String body -> body.contains('responseBody == "12000"') }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                      | { String body -> body.contains('body("12000")') }                                     | { String body -> body.contains('assertThat(responseBody).isEqualTo("12000");') }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) } | { String body -> body.contains(""".method('GET', entity('12000', 'text/plain'))""") } | { String body -> body.contains('responseBody == "12000"') }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | { String body -> body.contains(""".method("GET", entity("12000", "text/plain"))""") } | { String body -> body.contains('assertThat(responseBody).isEqualTo("12000")') }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/DslToYamlContractConverterSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/DslToYamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
index 998474e4d4..f1faba9202 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/DslToYamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/DslToYamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter
 
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
-
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract 
 /**
  * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
  * @author Tim Ysewyn
@@ -36,17 +35,17 @@ class DslToYamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 					method 'GET'
 					urlPath '/get'
 					body([
-							duck: 123,
-							alpha: "abc",
-							number: 123,
-							aBoolean: true,
-							date: "2017-01-01",
-							dateTime: "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
-							time: "01:02:34",
+							duck                : 123,
+							alpha               : "abc",
+							number              : 123,
+							aBoolean            : true,
+							date                : "2017-01-01",
+							dateTime            : "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
+							time                : "01:02:34",
 							valueWithoutAMatcher: "foo",
-							valueWithTypeMatch: "string",
-							key: [
-									'complex.key' : 'foo'
+							valueWithTypeMatch  : "string",
+							key                 : [
+									'complex.key': 'foo'
 							]
 					])
 					bodyMatchers {
@@ -69,34 +68,34 @@ class DslToYamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 				response {
 					status OK()
 					body([
-							duck: 123,
-							alpha: "abc",
-							number: 123,
-							positiveInteger: 1234567890,
-							negativeInteger: -1234567890,
+							duck                 : 123,
+							alpha                : "abc",
+							number               : 123,
+							positiveInteger      : 1234567890,
+							negativeInteger      : -1234567890,
 							positiveDecimalNumber: 123.4567890,
 							negativeDecimalNumber: -123.4567890,
-							aBoolean: true,
-							date: "2017-01-01",
-							dateTime: "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
-							time: "01:02:34",
-							valueWithoutAMatcher: "foo",
-							valueWithTypeMatch: "string",
-							valueWithMin: [
-									1,2,3
+							aBoolean             : true,
+							date                 : "2017-01-01",
+							dateTime             : "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
+							time                 : "01:02:34",
+							valueWithoutAMatcher : "foo",
+							valueWithTypeMatch   : "string",
+							valueWithMin         : [
+									1, 2, 3
 							],
-							valueWithMax: [
-									1,2,3
+							valueWithMax         : [
+									1, 2, 3
 							],
-							valueWithMinMax: [
-									1,2,3
+							valueWithMinMax      : [
+									1, 2, 3
 							],
-							valueWithMinEmpty: [],
-							valueWithMaxEmpty: [],
-							key: [
-									'complex.key' : 'foo'
+							valueWithMinEmpty    : [],
+							valueWithMaxEmpty    : [],
+							key                  : [
+									'complex.key': 'foo'
 							],
-							nullValue: null
+							nullValue            : null
 					])
 					bodyMatchers {
 						// asserts the jsonpath value against manual regex
@@ -157,23 +156,23 @@ class DslToYamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 			yamlContract.request.method == "GET"
 			yamlContract.request.urlPath == "/get"
 			yamlContract.request.body == [
-					duck: 123,
-					alpha: "abc",
-					number: 123,
-					aBoolean: true,
-					date: "2017-01-01",
-					dateTime: "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
-					time: "01:02:34",
+					duck                : 123,
+					alpha               : "abc",
+					number              : 123,
+					aBoolean            : true,
+					date                : "2017-01-01",
+					dateTime            : "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
+					time                : "01:02:34",
 					valueWithoutAMatcher: "foo",
-					valueWithTypeMatch: "string",
-					key: ["complex.key": 'foo']
+					valueWithTypeMatch  : "string",
+					key                 : ["complex.key": 'foo']
 			]
 			yamlContract.request.headers == [
-					sample: 'foo',
+					sample        : 'foo',
 					"Content-Type": "application/json"
 			]
 			yamlContract.request.matchers.headers == [
-			        new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
 							key: "sample", regex: "foo.*")
 			]
 			yamlContract.request.matchers.body == [
@@ -213,32 +212,34 @@ class DslToYamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 							type: YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_equality),
 			]
 			yamlContract.response.status == 200
-			yamlContract.response.body == [duck: 123,
-												alpha: "abc",
-												number: 123,
-												aBoolean: true,
-												date: "2017-01-01",
-												dateTime: "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
-												time: "01:02:34",
-												positiveInteger: 1234567890,
-												negativeInteger: -1234567890,
-												positiveDecimalNumber: 123.4567890,
-												negativeDecimalNumber: -123.4567890,
-												valueWithoutAMatcher: "foo",
-												valueWithTypeMatch: "string",
-												valueWithMin: [1, 2, 3],
-												valueWithMax: [1, 2, 3],
-												valueWithMinMax: [1, 2, 3],
-												valueWithMinEmpty: [],
-												valueWithMaxEmpty: [],
-												key: ['complex.key' : 'foo'],
-												nullValue: null
-												]
+			yamlContract.response.body == [duck                 : 123,
+										   alpha                : "abc",
+										   number               : 123,
+										   aBoolean             : true,
+										   date                 : "2017-01-01",
+										   dateTime             : "2017-01-01T01:23:45",
+										   time                 : "01:02:34",
+										   positiveInteger      : 1234567890,
+										   negativeInteger      : -1234567890,
+										   positiveDecimalNumber: 123.4567890,
+										   negativeDecimalNumber: -123.4567890,
+										   valueWithoutAMatcher : "foo",
+										   valueWithTypeMatch   : "string",
+										   valueWithMin         : [1, 2, 3],
+										   valueWithMax         : [1, 2, 3],
+										   valueWithMinMax      : [1, 2, 3],
+										   valueWithMinEmpty    : [],
+										   valueWithMaxEmpty    : [],
+										   key                  : ['complex.key': 'foo'],
+										   nullValue            : null
+			]
 			yamlContract.response.headers == [
 					"Content-Type": "application/json",
-					"Some-Header": "someValue"
+					"Some-Header" : "someValue"
 			]
 			yamlContract.response.matchers.headers == [
+					new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
+							key: "Some-Header", regex: "[a-zA-Z]{9}"),
 					new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
 							key: "Content-Type", regex: "application/json.*")
 			]
@@ -325,4 +326,144 @@ class DslToYamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 							type: YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_null),
 			]
 	}
+
+	def "should convert rest DSL with dynamic entries to YAML"() {
+		given:
+			List<Contract> contracts = [Contract.make {
+				request { // (1)
+					method 'PUT' // (2)
+					url '/fraudcheck' // (3)
+					body([ // (4)
+						   "client.id": $(regex('[0-9]{10}')),
+						   loanAmount : 99999
+					])
+					headers { // (5)
+						contentType('application/json')
+					}
+				}
+				response { // (6)
+					status OK() // (7)
+					body([ // (8)
+						   fraudCheckStatus  : "${value(regex("FRAUD"))}",
+						   "rejection.reason": "Amount too high"
+					])
+					headers { // (9)
+						contentType('application/json')
+					}
+				}
+			}]
+		when:
+			Collection<YamlContract> yamlContracts = converter.convertTo(contracts)
+		then:
+			yamlContracts.size() == 1
+			YamlContract yamlContract = yamlContracts.first()
+			yamlContract.request.method == "PUT"
+			yamlContract.request.url == "/fraudcheck"
+			yamlContract.request.body["client.id"] =~ /[0-9]{10}/
+			yamlContract.request.body["loanAmount"] == 99999
+			yamlContract.request.headers == [
+					"Content-Type": "application/json"
+			]
+			yamlContract.request.matchers.headers == [
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+							key: "Content-Type", regex: "application/json.*")
+			]
+			yamlContract.request.matchers.body == [
+					new YamlContract.BodyStubMatcher(
+							path: '$.duck',
+							type: YamlContract.StubMatcherType.by_regex,
+							value: "[0-9]{3}"),
+			]
+			yamlContract.response.status == 200
+			yamlContract.response.body == [fraudCheckStatus  : "FRAUD",
+										   "rejection.reason": "Amount too high"]
+			yamlContract.response.headers == [
+					"Content-Type": "application/json"
+			]
+			yamlContract.response.matchers.headers == [
+					new YamlContract.TestHeaderMatcher(
+							key: "Content-Type", regex: "application/json.*")
+			]
+			yamlContract.response.matchers.body == [
+					new YamlContract.BodyTestMatcher(
+							path: '$.fraudCheckStatus',
+							type: YamlContract.TestMatcherType.by_regex,
+							value: "FRAUD"),
+			]
+	}
+
+	def "should convert rest DSL with multipart entries to YAML"() {
+		given:
+			List<Contract> contracts = [Contract.make {
+				request {
+					method "PUT"
+					url "/multipart"
+					headers {
+						contentType('multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x')
+					}
+					multipart(
+							// key (parameter name), value (parameter value) pair
+							formParameter: $(c(regex('".+"')), p('"formParameterValue"')),
+							someBooleanParameter: $(c(regex(anyBoolean())), p('true')),
+							// a named parameter (e.g. with `file` name) that represents file with
+							// `name` and `content`. You can also call `named("fileName", "fileContent")`
+							file: named(
+									// name of the file
+									name: $(c(regex(nonEmpty())), p('filename.csv')),
+									// content of the file
+									content: $(c(regex(nonEmpty())), p('file content')),
+									// content type for the part
+									contentType: $(c(regex(nonEmpty())), p('application/json')))
+					)
+				}
+				response {
+					status OK()
+				}
+			}]
+		when:
+			Collection<YamlContract> yamlContracts = converter.convertTo(contracts)
+		then:
+			yamlContracts.size() == 1
+			YamlContract yamlContract = yamlContracts.first()
+			yamlContract.request.method == "PUT"
+			yamlContract.request.url == "/multipart"
+			yamlContract.request.multipart == new YamlContract.Multipart(
+					params: [
+							formParameter       : '"formParameterValue"',
+							someBooleanParameter: 'true',
+					],
+					named: [new YamlContract.Named(paramName: "file",
+							fileName: 'filename.csv',
+							fileContent: 'file content',
+							contentType: 'application/json')]
+			)
+			yamlContract.request.headers == [
+					"Content-Type": "multipart/form-data;boundary=AaB03x"
+			]
+			yamlContract.request.matchers.multipart.params == [
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+							key: "formParameter",
+							regex: '".+"'
+					),
+					new YamlContract.KeyValueMatcher(
+							key: "someBooleanParameter",
+							regex: '(true|false)'
+					)
+			]
+			yamlContract.request.matchers.multipart.named == [
+					new YamlContract.MultipartNamedStubMatcher(
+							paramName: "file",
+							fileName: new YamlContract.ValueMatcher(
+									regex: "[\\S\\s]+"
+							),
+							fileContent: new YamlContract.ValueMatcher(
+									regex: "[\\S\\s]+"
+							),
+							contentType: new YamlContract.ValueMatcher(
+									regex: "[\\S\\s]+"
+							)
+					)
+			]
+			yamlContract.response.status == 200
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverterSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
index 5e19620590..3becd7cac8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/YamlContractConverterSpec.groovy
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class YamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 			url.queryParameters.parameters[1].serverValue == "bar2"
 			contract.request.method.clientValue == "GET"
 			contract.request.headers.entries.findAll { it.name == "Authorization" }
-					.collect { it.clientValue } == ["secret", "secret2"]
+					.collect { it.clientValue }.flatten() == ["secret", "secret2"]
 			contract.request.body.clientValue == [foo: "bar", baz: 5]
 		and:
 			contract.response.status.clientValue == 200
@@ -708,7 +708,9 @@ class YamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 			assert converter.isAccepted(ymlMessagingMatchers)
 		and:
 			List<Contract> contracts = [Contract.make {
+				name("fooo")
 				label("card_rejected")
+				ignored()
 				input {
 					messageFrom("input")
 					messageBody([
@@ -815,6 +817,8 @@ class YamlContractConverterSpec extends Specification {
 		then:
 			yamlContracts.size() == 1
 			YamlContract yamlContract = yamlContracts.first()
+			yamlContract.name == "fooo"
+			yamlContract.ignored == true
 			yamlContract.label == "card_rejected"
 			yamlContract.input.messageFrom == "input"
 			yamlContract.input.messageBody == [
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerSpec.groovy
index 08937ae415..00484261f8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/file/ContractFileScannerSpec.groovy
@@ -16,22 +16,38 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file
 
-import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
-import spock.lang.Specification
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import wiremock.com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.ContractConverter
+import org.springframework.util.FileSystemUtils
 
 /**
  * @author Jakub Kubrynski, codearte.io
  */
 class ContractFileScannerSpec extends Specification {
 
+	@Rule
+	TemporaryFolder tmp = new TemporaryFolder()
+	File tmpFolder
+
+	def setup() {
+		tmpFolder = new File(tmp.newFolder(), "contracts")
+	}
+
 	def "should find contract files"() {
 		given:
-			File baseDir = new File(this.getClass().getResource("/directory/with/stubs").toURI())
+			FileSystemUtils.copyRecursively(
+					new File(this.getClass().getResource("/directory/with/stubs").toURI()),
+					tmpFolder)
+		and:
+			File baseDir = tmpFolder
 			Set<String> excluded = ["package/**"] as Set
 			Set<String> ignored = ["other/different/**"] as Set
 			ContractFileScanner scanner = new ContractFileScanner(baseDir, excluded, ignored)
@@ -71,10 +87,18 @@ class ContractFileScannerSpec extends Specification {
 			ListMultimap<Path, ContractMetadata> contracts = scanner.findContracts()
 		then:
 			contracts.values().size() == 3
-			contracts.values().find { it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('01') }.groupSize == 3
-			contracts.values().find { it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('01') }.order == 0
-			contracts.values().find { it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('02') }.order == 1
-			contracts.values().find { it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('03') }.order == 2
+			contracts.values().find {
+				it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('01')
+			}.groupSize == 3
+			contracts.values().find {
+				it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('01')
+			}.order == 0
+			contracts.values().find {
+				it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('02')
+			}.order == 1
+			contracts.values().find {
+				it.path.fileName.toString().startsWith('03')
+			}.order == 2
 	}
 
 	def "should find contract files with converters"() {
diff --git a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/moco/MocoHttpServerStub.groovy b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/moco/MocoHttpServerStub.groovy
index cd837d6288..a57d503ece 100644
--- a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/moco/MocoHttpServerStub.groovy
+++ b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/moco/MocoHttpServerStub.groovy
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.provider.moco
 import com.github.dreamhead.moco.bootstrap.arg.HttpArgs
 import com.github.dreamhead.moco.runner.JsonRunner
 import com.github.dreamhead.moco.runner.RunnerSetting
-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
+import groovy.util.logging.Commons
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.stubrunner.HttpServerStub
 import org.springframework.util.SocketUtils
 
-@Slf4j
+@Commons
 class MocoHttpServerStub implements HttpServerStub {
 
 	private boolean started
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ class MocoHttpServerStub implements HttpServerStub {
 	HttpServerStub registerMappings(Collection<File> stubFiles) {
 		List<RunnerSetting> settings = stubFiles.findAll { it.name.endsWith("json") }
 				.collect {
-			log.info("Trying to parse [{}]", it.name)
+			log.info("Trying to parse [${it.name}]")
 			try {
 				return RunnerSetting.aRunnerSetting().withStream(it.newInputStream()).build()
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				log.warn("Exception occurred while trying to parse file [{}]", it.name, e)
+				log.warn("Exception occurred while trying to parse file [${it.name}]", e)
 				return null
 			}
 		}.findAll { it }