diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5231862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.idea
+*.iml
+target
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa08ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<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>com.github.khalidzahra</groupId>
+    <artifactId>TopologyAPI</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <name>TopologyAPI</name>
+    <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
+    <url>http://www.example.com</url>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!--    JUnit for writing unit tests    -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!--  Gson for Json serialization/deserialization  -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.8.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
+            <plugins>
+                <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.22.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.5.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.8.2</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>16</source>
+                    <target>16</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/khalidzahra/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/github/khalidzahra/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10e411f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/khalidzahra/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.github.khalidzahra;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+    }
+}