diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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--- a/build.xml
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@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project name="JDBX" basedir="." xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" default="help">
-
-	<property name="lib"               value="${basedir}/lib"/>
-	<property name="src"               value="${basedir}/src"/>
-	<property name="src.java"          value="${src}/java"/>
-	<property name="src.demo"          value="${src}/demo"/>
-	<property name="src.test"          value="${src}/test"/>
-	<property name="build"             value="${basedir}/tmp"/>
-	<property name="build.bin"         value="${build}/bin"/>
-	<property name="build.bin.java"    value="${build.bin}/java"/>
-	<property name="build.bin.test"    value="${build.bin}/test"/>
-	<property name="build.bin.demo"    value="${build.bin}/demo"/>
-	<property name="build.doc"         value="${build}/doc"/>
-	<property name="build.javadoc"     value="${build}/javadoc"/>
-	<property name="reports.dir"       value="${build}/reports"/>
-	<property name="reports.xml.dir"   value="${reports.dir}/junit-xml"/>
-	<property name="reports.html.dir"  value="${reports.dir}/junit-html"/>
-	<property name="reports.coverage"  value="${reports.dir}/coverage"/>
-	
-	
-	<description>
-    	Ant build file for JDBX 
-    </description>
-	
-
-	<!-- paths -->
-	
-	
-	<path id="run.path">
-		<pathelement location="${build.bin.java}"/>
-	</path>
-	
-	
-	<path id="test.path">
-		<path refid="run.path"/>
-		<pathelement location="${build.bin.test}"/>
-		<fileset dir="${lib}\test">
-			<include name="*.jar" />
-		</fileset>
-	</path>
-	
-	
-	<path id="demo.path">
-		<path refid="run.path"/>
-		<pathelement location="${build.bin.demo}"/>
-	</path>
-	
-	
-	<!-- targets -->
-		
-	<target name="help" description="help">
-    	<echo>Ant targets: clear | compile | coverage | javadoc | jar | dist | resolve</echo>
-    </target>
-	
-	
-	<target name="clear" description="clears the build directory">
-    	<delete dir="${build}"/>	
-    </target>
-	
-
- 	<target name="compile" description="compiles all java classes" 
- 		depends="compile.java, compile.test, compile.demo">
-	</target>
-		
-		
- 	<target name="compile.java" description="compiles src/java">
-    	<mkdir dir="${build.bin.java}"/>
-		<javac srcdir="${src.java}" destdir="${build.bin.java}" excludes="**/package-info.java" 
-			debug="true" includeantruntime="false">
-		</javac>
-	</target>
-
-		
- 	<target name="compile.demo" description="compiles src/demo" depends="compile.java">
-    	<mkdir dir="${build.bin.demo}"/>
-		<javac srcdir="${src.demo}" destdir="${build.bin.demo}" debug="true" includeantruntime="false" classpathref="run.path"/>
-	</target>
-
-		
- 	<target name="compile.test" description="compiles src/test">
-    	<mkdir dir="${build.bin.test}"/>
-		<javac srcdir="${src.test}" destdir="${build.bin.test}"	debug="true" includeantruntime="false" encoding="UTF-8"
-			classpathref="test.path"/>
-	</target>
-
-
-	<target name="coverage" depends="compile" xmlns:jacoco="antlib:org.jacoco.ant">
-		<property name="jacoco.exec" value="${build}/reports/jacoco.exec"/>
-		
-		<taskdef uri="antlib:org.jacoco.ant" resource="org/jacoco/ant/antlib.xml" classpathref="test.path"/>
-		<mkdir dir="${reports.xml.dir}"/>
-		
-		<jacoco:coverage destfile="${jacoco.exec}" includes="org.jdbx.**" excludes="org.jdbx.test.*">
-			<junit fork="true" forkmode="once">
-				<classpath refid="test.path"/>
-				<formatter type="xml" />
-				<test name="${testcase}" todir="${reports.xml.dir}" if="testcase" />
-				<batchtest todir="${reports.xml.dir}" unless="testcase">
-					<fileset dir="${src.test}">
-						<include name="**/*Test.java" />
-						<exclude name="**/JdbxTest.java" />
-					</fileset>
-				</batchtest>
-			</junit>
-		</jacoco:coverage>
-		
-		<junitreport todir="${reports.xml.dir}">
-			<fileset dir="${reports.xml.dir}">
-				<include name="TEST-*.xml" />
-			</fileset>
-			<report format="frames" todir="${reports.html.dir}" />
-		</junitreport>
-
-		<jacoco:report>
-		    <executiondata>
-		        <file file="${jacoco.exec}"/>
-		    </executiondata>
-					
-		    <structure name="JDBX">
-		        <classfiles>
-		            <fileset dir="${build.bin.java}"/>
-		        </classfiles>
-		        <sourcefiles encoding="UTF-8">
-		            <fileset dir="${src.java}"/>
-		        </sourcefiles>
-		    </structure>
-		    <html destdir="${reports.coverage}"/>
-		</jacoco:report>
-			
-	</target>
-
-	
- 	<target name="dist" description="creates distribution zip" depends="jar">
- 		<property name="jdbx.zip" value="jdbx-${version}.zip"/>
-		<zip destfile="${build}/${jdbx.zip}">
-			<fileset dir="${build}" includes="*.jar"/>
-			<fileset dir="${build}" includes="javadoc/**"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${src}" prefix="src"/>
-			<fileset dir="${basedir}">
-				<include name="build.*"/>
-				<include name=".project"/>
-				<include name=".classpath"/>
-				<include name="ivy.xml"/>
-			</fileset>
-		</zip>
-	</target>
-
-		
-	<target name="jar" description="builds the JDBX jar file" depends="version">
-		<property name="jdbx.jar" value="jdbx-${version}.jar"/>
-		<jar destfile="${build}/${jdbx.jar}">
-    		<fileset dir="${build.bin.java}"/>
-			<manifest>
-				<attribute name="JDBX-Version" value="${version}"/>
-				<attribute name="JDBX-Website" value="https://github.com/jdlib/jdbx"/>
-			</manifest>
-		</jar>
-	</target>
-	
-	
-    <target name="javadoc" description="build javadoc">
-    	<mkdir dir="${build.javadoc}"/>
-        <javadoc access="public" 
-        	destdir="${build.javadoc}" doctitle="JDBX Javadoc" 
-        	packagenames="org.jdbx.*" 
-        	source="1.8" 
-        	sourcepath="${src.java}" splitindex="true" use="true"/>
-    </target>
-
-
-	<target name="resolve" description="retrieve dependencies with ivy">
-		<ivy:retrieve pattern="lib/[conf]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]"/>
-	</target>
-	
-	
-    <target name="version" description="set version property" depends="compile.java">
-		<java classpathref="run.path" classname="org.jdbx.Jdbx" outputproperty="version"/>
-		<echo>JDBX version ${version}</echo>
-	</target>
-	
-	
-</project>
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
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--- a/ivy.xml
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<ivy-module version="2.0">
-
-	<info organisation="JDBX" module="main"/>    
-
-	<configurations>
-		<conf name="test" description="jars needed to build and run src/test"/>
-	</configurations>
-
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.11"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-nop" rev="1.7.5"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->default" org="org.mockito" name="mockito-all" rev="1.9.5"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->default" org="org.hamcrest" name="hamcrest-core" rev="1.3"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="org.jacoco" name="org.jacoco.core" rev="0.7.6.201602180812"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="org.jacoco" name="org.jacoco.ant" rev="0.7.6.201602180812"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="org.jacoco" name="org.jacoco.report" rev="0.7.6.201602180812"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->master" org="org.jacoco" name="org.jacoco.agent" rev="0.7.6.201602180812"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->default" org="org.ow2.asm" name="asm-all" rev="5.1"/>
-		<dependency conf="test->default" org="org.hsqldb" name="hsqldb" rev="2.4.0"/>
-	</dependencies>    
-
-</ivy-module>
-
-