diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java
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index 0000000..18ce947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * 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 org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Touches a test file.
+ * 
+ * @goal first
+ * @requiresDependencyResolution test
+ * @phase integration-test
+ * @execute phase="generate-sources" lifecycle="cobertura"
+ * @deprecated Don't use!
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public class FirstMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    
+    /**
+     * Project directory.
+     * @parameter default-value="${basedir}"
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    private File basedir;
+    
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${first.touchFile}" default-value="${project.build.directory}/touch.txt"
+     * @required
+     */
+    private File touchFile;
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter alias="alias"
+     * @deprecated As of 0.2
+     * @since 0.1
+     */
+    private String aliasedParam;
+
+    /**
+     * @component role="org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper" roleHint="test"
+     */
+    private Object projectHelper;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.bsh b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.bsh
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index ab9d249..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.bsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.regex.*;
-
-try
-{
-    File file = new File( basedir, "target/touch.txt" );
-    System.out.println( "Checking for existence of generated touch file: " + file );
-    if ( !file.isFile() )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "FAILED!" );
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-catch( Throwable t )
-{
-    t.printStackTrace();
-    return false;
-}
-
-return true;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.groovy b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3ed03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+File touchFile = new File( basedir, "target/touch.txt" )
+assert touchFile.isFile()
+
+File descriptorFile = new File( basedir, "target/classes/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml" );
+assert descriptorFile.isFile()
+
+def pluginDescriptor = new XmlParser().parse( descriptorFile );
+
+def mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "first"}[0]
+
+assert mojo.goal.text() == 'first'
+assert mojo.implementation.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.FirstMojo'
+assert mojo.language.text() == 'java'
+assert mojo.description.text() == 'Touches a test file.'
+assert mojo.deprecated.text() == "Don't use!"
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyResolution.text() == 'test'
+assert mojo.requiresProject.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.requiresOnline.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.requiresDirectInvocation.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.aggregator.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.phase.text() == 'integration-test'
+assert mojo.executePhase.text() == 'generate-sources'
+assert mojo.executeLifecycle.text() == 'cobertura'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].'@implementation' == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].'@default-value' == '${basedir}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].text() == '${first.touchFile}'
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].'@implementation' == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].'@default-value' == '${project.build.directory}/touch.txt'
+
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement.size() == 1
+
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].role.text() == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper'
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].'role-hint'.text() == 'test'
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].'field-name'.text() == 'projectHelper'
+
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter.size() == 3
+
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].name.text() == 'aliasedParam'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].alias.text() == 'alias'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].type.text() == 'java.lang.String'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].deprecated.text() == 'As of 0.2'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].required.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].editable.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[0].description.text() == ''
+
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].name.text() == 'basedir'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].alias.isEmpty()
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].type.text() == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].required.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].editable.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[1].description.text() == 'Project directory.'
+
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].name.text() == 'touchFile'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].alias.isEmpty()
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].type.text() == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].required.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].editable.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter[2].description.text() == ''
+
+return true;