diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29cf6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.nondependency" value=""/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="target/generated-sources/jaxb">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target/
diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6330f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>envoy-common</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.jboss.tools.jst.web.kb.kbbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.jboss.tools.cdi.core.cdibuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.jboss.tools.jst.web.kb.kbnature</nature>
+		<nature>org.jboss.tools.cdi.core.cdinature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93fb95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/resources=UTF-8
+encoding//target/generated-sources/jaxb=UTF-8
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd0785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b697b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de5f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
+    <wb-module deploy-name="envoy-common">
+        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
+        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/generated-sources/jaxb"/>
+    </wb-module>
+</project-modules>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6302d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<faceted-project>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.utility" version="1.0"/>
+</faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c664e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>informatik-ag-ngl</groupId>
+	<artifactId>envoy-common</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<name>Envoy Common</name>
+	<url>https://github.com/informatik-ag-ngl/envoy-common</url>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			<version>2.5.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>envoy-common</finalName>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5.0</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>xjc</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>xjc</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<packageName>envoy.schema</packageName>
+					<sources>
+						<source>src/main/resources</source>
+					</sources>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/message_schema.xsd b/src/main/resources/message_schema.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6afc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/message_schema.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+
+	<xs:element name="Message" type="Message"/>
+
+	<xs:complexType name="Message">
+		<xs:sequence>
+			<xs:element name="MetaData" type="MetaData" />
+			<xs:element name="Content" type="Content"
+				maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+		</xs:sequence>
+	</xs:complexType>
+
+	<xs:complexType name="Content">
+		<xs:sequence>
+			<xs:any />
+		</xs:sequence>
+		<xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:string" />
+	</xs:complexType>
+
+	<!-- Sender ID to be able to reply (maybe not necessary because we already 
+		have Sender ID -->
+
+	<xs:complexType name="MetaData">
+		<xs:sequence>
+			<xs:element name="Sender" type="xs:string" />
+			<xs:element name="Recipient" type="xs:string" />
+			<xs:element name="Time" type="xs:time" />
+			<xs:element name="Date" type="xs:date" />
+			<xs:element name="State" type="xs:boolean" />
+		</xs:sequence>
+	</xs:complexType>
+
+</xs:schema> 
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