Now self-installing.

apps/bootstrap/pom.xml

 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>me.felinewith</groupId>
+	<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Bootstrap</name>
 	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<inceptionYear>2017</inceptionYear>
@@ -16,6 +16,37 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 		<relativePath>../..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<!-- url>${gl.pages}</url -->
-
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+			</resource>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>../..</directory>
+				<targetPath>DEPS</targetPath>
+				<includes>
+					<include>pom.xml</include>
+				</includes>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+					<configuration>
+						<archive>
+							<manifest>
+								<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+								<addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+								<addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
+								<classpathLayoutType>repository</classpathLayoutType>
+								<mainClass>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap.Bootstrap</mainClass>
+							</manifest>
+						</archive>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
+	</build>
 </project>

apps/bootstrap/src/main/java/me/felinewith/lang_toolkit/apps/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java

+package me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+import me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap.util.MavenArtifact;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jlhawkwell
+ */
+public class Bootstrap {
+	private static String PROPERTIES = "META-INF/maven/me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps/bootstrap/pom.properties";
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		boolean mvn = false;
+		try { mvn = check_maven(); }
+		catch (IOException | InterruptedException ex) { }
+
+		if ( !mvn ) {
+			System.err.println("Cannot continue - maven not installed.");
+			Runtime.getRuntime().exit(-1);
+		}
+
+		File mavenFile;
+		if ( System.getProperty("os.name").equals("Windows") ) { mavenFile = new File("./maven/bin/mvn.cmd"); }
+		else { mavenFile = new File("./maven/bin/mvn"); }
+		mvn = mavenFile.exists();
+
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+		sb.append("/.local/share/lang-toolkit/");
+
+		File folder = new File(sb.toString());
+		if ( !folder.exists() ) { folder.mkdirs(); }
+
+		boolean installed = false;
+		try { installed = checkProperties(sb.toString()); }
+		catch (IOException ex) { }
+
+		if ( !installed ) {
+			File test = new File(sb.toString().concat("pom.xml"));
+			String pt = "DEPS/pom.xml";
+			try { copyContents(Bootstrap.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(pt), new FileOutputStream(test)); }
+			catch (FileNotFoundException ex) { Logger.getLogger(Bootstrap.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); }
+
+			String[] deps = getDepList(test);
+
+			StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
+			if ( mvn ) { command.append(mavenFile.getAbsolutePath()); }
+			else { command.append("mvn"); }
+			command.append(" -N ");
+
+			try { exec(folder, command.toString().concat("-DincludeScope=runtime dependency:resolve")); }
+			catch (InterruptedException ex) { }
+
+			command.append("dependency:get -Dartifact=");
+			for ( String s : deps )
+			{
+				try { exec(folder, command.toString().concat(s)); }
+				catch (InterruptedException ex) { }
+			}
+
+			test = new File(sb.toString().concat("pom.properties"));
+			try { copyContents(Bootstrap.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(PROPERTIES), new FileOutputStream(test)); }
+			catch(FileNotFoundException ex) {}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static boolean check_maven() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		File mvn_folder = new File("./maven/");
+		File test;
+
+		if ( mvn_folder.exists() ) {
+			test = new File("./maven/bin/mvn");
+			return test.exists();
+		}
+		else {
+			File mvn_archive = new File("maven.zip");
+			if ( mvn_archive.exists() ) {
+				File f;
+				String pt;
+
+				ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(new FileInputStream(mvn_archive));
+				ZipEntry ze = zis.getNextEntry();
+
+				while ( ze != null )
+				{
+					pt = ze.getName().replaceFirst("[^/]+", "");
+					f = new File(mvn_folder.getCanonicalPath().concat(pt));
+
+					System.out.println(pt);
+					if ( ze.isDirectory() ) {
+						f.mkdirs();
+					}
+					else {
+						f.createNewFile();
+						copyContents(zis, new FileOutputStream(f));
+						zis.closeEntry();
+
+						if ( pt.startsWith("/bin/") ) { f.setExecutable(true, false); }
+						f.setLastModified(ze.getLastModifiedTime().toMillis());
+						f.setReadable(true, false);
+						f.setWritable(false, false);
+					}
+
+					ze = zis.getNextEntry();
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			Process maven;
+			maven = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mvn -v");
+
+			maven.waitFor();
+
+			if ( maven.exitValue() == 0 ) { return true; }
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private static void copyContents(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException {
+		int i = 0;
+		byte[] data = new byte[4096];
+		int offset = 0;
+		int length = 4096;
+
+		while ( (i = input.read(data, offset, length)) > 0 ) {
+			output.write(data, offset, i);
+		}
+
+		output.close();
+	}
+
+	private static boolean checkProperties(String folder) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+		Properties pomProps = new Properties();
+		pomProps.load(Bootstrap.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(PROPERTIES));
+
+		Properties pomTest = new Properties();
+		File test = new File(folder.concat("pom.properties"));
+		if ( test.exists() ) { pomTest.load(new FileInputStream(test)); }
+		else { return false; }
+
+		return compareProperties(pomProps, pomTest);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Compares two sets of Properties for equivalents
+	 * @param source Base property list
+	 * @param target Check property list
+	 * @return true if equivalent, false if not
+	 */
+	private static boolean compareProperties(Properties source, Properties target) {
+		Iterator<String> names = source.stringPropertyNames().iterator();
+		String pName;
+		while ( names.hasNext() ) {
+			pName = names.next();
+
+			if ( target.getProperty(pName) == null ) { return false; }
+			else if ( !source.getProperty(pName).equals(target.getProperty(pName)) ) { return false; }
+		}
+
+		names = target.stringPropertyNames().iterator();
+		while ( names.hasNext() ) {
+			pName = names.next();
+
+			if ( source.getProperty(pName) == null ) { return false; }
+			else if ( !target.getProperty(pName).equals(source.getProperty(pName)) ) { return false; }
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private static String[] getDepList(File pomFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+		ArrayList<String> builder = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		FileReader fr = new FileReader(pomFile);
+		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
+		String line = br.readLine();
+		String pt;
+		boolean inDep = false;
+		MavenArtifact ma = new MavenArtifact();
+
+		while ( line != null )
+		{
+			pt = line.trim();
+			if ( inDep ) {
+				if ( pt.startsWith("<groupId>") ) { ma.setGroup(lineFix(pt)); }
+				else if ( pt.startsWith("<artifactId>") ) { ma.setArtifact(lineFix(pt)); }
+				else if ( pt.startsWith("<version>") ) { ma.setVersion(lineFix(pt)); }
+				else if ( pt.startsWith("</dependency>") ) {
+					if ( ma.isReady() ) { builder.add(ma.getLocation()); }
+					inDep = false;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				if ( pt.startsWith("<dependency>") ) {
+					inDep = true;
+					ma = new MavenArtifact();
+				}
+			}
+			line = br.readLine();
+		}
+
+		return builder.toArray(new String[builder.size()]);
+	}
+
+	private static String lineFix(String input) {
+		String pt = input.replaceAll("<[^>]+>", "");
+		return pt.trim();
+	}
+
+	private static void exec(File pwd, String command) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		System.out.print("[shell]\t");
+		System.out.println(command);
+
+		ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder();
+		//pb.inheritIO();
+		pb.directory(pwd);
+		pb.command(command.split(" "));
+		Process p = pb.start();
+		p.waitFor();
+	}
+}

apps/bootstrap/src/main/java/me/felinewith/lang_toolkit/apps/bootstrap/BootstrapClassLoader.java

+package me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jlhawkwel
+ */
+public class BootstrapClassLoader extends ClassLoader
+{
+	/**
+	 * HashMap for jars.
+	 */
+	private static HashMap<String, File> jars;
+	/**
+	 * Set buffer length to 4096.
+	 */
+	public static final int BUFFER_LEN = 4096;
+
+	/**
+	 * Parent class loader.
+	 */
+	private final ClassLoader parent;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 * @param cl ClassLoader to be considered the parent
+	 */
+	public BootstrapClassLoader(ClassLoader cl)
+	{
+		parent = cl;
+	}
+
+	/** Initialize this ClassLoader.
+	 */
+	public void init()
+	{
+		jars = new HashMap<>();
+
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
+		sb.append(File.separator);
+		sb.append(System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
+		String st;
+
+		addJar(new File(sb.toString()));
+
+		Manifest mf = new Manifest();
+		try
+		{
+			JarFile jf = new JarFile(sb.toString());
+			ZipEntry ze = jf.getEntry("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+			mf.read(jf.getInputStream(ze));
+		}
+		catch ( IOException x ) { System.out.println("Whoops!"); return; }
+
+		if ( mf.getMainAttributes().isEmpty() ) { System.out.println("No manifest?"); return; }
+		st = mf.getMainAttributes().getValue("Class-Path");
+		String[] pt = st.split(" ");
+
+		sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+		sb.append("/.m2/repository/");
+
+		File f;
+		for ( String s : pt )
+		{
+			f = new File(sb.toString().concat(s));
+			if ( f.exists() ) { addJar(f); }
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override public URL getResource(final String path)
+	{ return getResource(true, path); }
+	private URL getResource(boolean goup, final String path)
+	{
+		String pth;
+		URL u = null;
+
+		if ( path.startsWith("/") ) { pth = path.substring(1); }
+		else { pth = path; }
+
+		try { u = this.getResourceLocator(pth); }
+		catch ( Throwable t ) { }
+
+		if ( (u == null) && goup ) { u = parent.getResource(path); }
+
+		return u;
+	}
+
+	private URL getResourceLocator(final String path) throws Throwable
+	{
+		JarFile jf;
+		ZipEntry ze;
+
+		if ( !jars.isEmpty() )
+		{
+			for ( File f : jars.values().toArray(new File[jars.size()]) )
+			{
+				jf = new JarFile(f);
+				ze = jf.getJarEntry(path);
+				if ( ze != null )
+				{
+					URL u = new URL("jar:file:".concat(f.getCanonicalPath()).concat("!/").concat(path));
+					return u;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override public InputStream getResourceAsStream(final String path)
+	{ return getResourceAsStream(true, path); }
+	private InputStream getResourceAsStream(boolean goup, final String path)
+	{
+		final URL u = this.getResource(goup, path);
+		if ( u == null ) { return null; }
+
+		try { return u.openStream(); }
+		catch ( IOException e ) { e.printStackTrace(System.out); }
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override public Class<?> loadClass(final String name) throws ClassNotFoundException
+	{ return this.loadClass(name, true); }
+	@Override protected Class<?> loadClass(final String name, final boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException
+	{
+		Class<?> cls;
+		/*Class<?> cls = findLoadedClass(name);
+		if ( cls != null ) { return cls; } // */
+
+		final InputStream is = this.getResourceAsStream(false, name.replaceAll("\\.", "/").concat(".class"));
+		if ( is == null ) { cls = parent.loadClass(name); }
+		else
+		{
+			try { return loadClassWorker(name, resolve, is); }
+			catch ( IOException ex ) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Couln't load ".concat(name)); }
+		}
+
+		return cls;
+	}
+
+	private Class<?> loadClassWorker(final String name, final boolean resolve, final InputStream is)
+		throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException
+	{
+		Class<?> cls;
+
+		final byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_LEN];
+		final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		byte[] bytecode;
+
+		int i;
+
+		while ( (i = is.read(buffer, 0, BUFFER_LEN)) > 0 )
+		{ baos.write(buffer, 0, i); }
+
+		is.close();
+
+		bytecode = baos.toByteArray();
+		if ( bytecode == null ) { throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot load class: " + name); }
+
+		try
+		{
+			cls = this.defineClass(name, bytecode, 0, bytecode.length);
+			if ( resolve ) { this.resolveClass(cls); }
+		}
+		catch ( SecurityException e ) { cls = parent.loadClass(name); }
+
+		return cls;
+	}
+
+	public void addJar(File jar)
+	{
+		String pt = null;
+		try { pt = jar.getCanonicalPath(); }
+		catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger(BootstrapClassLoader.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); }
+		if ( pt != null )
+		{
+			if ( !jars.containsKey(pt) )
+			{
+				jars.put(pt, new File(pt));
+				System.out.println("Added ".concat(pt));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

apps/bootstrap/src/main/java/me/felinewith/lang_toolkit/apps/bootstrap/util/MavenArtifact.java

+package me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps.bootstrap.util;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jlhawkwell
+ */
+public class MavenArtifact {
+
+	private String g;
+	private String a;
+	private String v;
+
+	public MavenArtifact() {
+		g = "";
+		a = "";
+		v = "";
+	}
+
+	public MavenArtifact(String group) {
+		g = group;
+		a = "";
+		v = "";
+	}
+	public MavenArtifact(String group, String artifact) {
+		g = group;
+		a = artifact;
+		v = "";
+	}
+
+	public MavenArtifact(String group, String artifact, String version) {
+		g = group;
+		a = artifact;
+		v = version;
+	}
+
+
+	public void setGroup(String group) { if ( g.isEmpty() ) { g = group; } }
+	public void setArtifact(String artifact) { if ( a.isEmpty() ) { a = artifact; } }
+	public void setVersion(String version) { if ( v.isEmpty() ) { v = version; } }
+
+	public boolean isReady()
+	{
+		if ( g.isEmpty() || a.isEmpty() || v.isEmpty() ) { return false; }
+		else { return true; }
+	}
+
+	public String getGroup() { return g; }
+	public String getArtifact() { return a; }
+	public String getVersion() { return v; }
+
+	public String getLocation()
+	{
+		if ( !isReady( ) ) { return ""; }
+
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(g);
+		sb.append(":");
+		sb.append(a);
+		sb.append(":");
+		sb.append(v);
+
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+}

apps/bootstrap/src/main/java/me/felinewtih/lang_toolkit/Bootstrap.java

-package me.felinewtih.lang_toolkit;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- *
- * @author jlhawkwell
- */
-public class Bootstrap
-{
-
-	public static void main(String[] args)
-	{
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(System.getProperty("user.home"));
-		sb.append(File.separator);
-		sb.append(".m2");
-
-		File f = new File(sb.toString());
-
-	}
-}

pom.xml

@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 
 	<developers>
 		<developer>
-			<id>jlhawkwell@ladyserenakitty.com</id>
+			<id>jlhawkwell</id>
 			<name>Jessica Hawkwell</name>
+			<email>jlhawkwell@ladyserenakitty.com</email>
 			<organization>StarPhoenix Media</organization>
 			<organizationUrl>http://starphoenixmedia.com/</organizationUrl>
 			<timezone>-5</timezone>
@@ -122,6 +123,30 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+<!-- PROJECT DEPENDENCIES ********************************************************************* PROJECT DEPENDENCIES -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+				<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
+				<version>1.7</version>
+				<scope>runtime</scope>
+				<type>jar</type>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+				<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+				<version>6.8.7</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>me.felinewith.lang_toolkit.apps</groupId>
+				<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
+				<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
@@ -297,25 +322,6 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
 		</plugins>
 	</reporting>
 
-	<dependencyManagement>
-		<dependencies>
-<!-- PROJECT DEPENDENCIES ********************************************************************* PROJECT DEPENDENCIES -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-				<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7</version>
-				<scope>runtime</scope>
-				<type>jar</type>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-				<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-				<version>6.8.7</version>
-				<scope>test</scope>
-			</dependency>
-		</dependencies>
-	</dependencyManagement>
-
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
 			<id>ci</id>