diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+*.iml
+out/
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+classpath.txt
+version.properties
+.project
+.classpath
+lib/*
+build/*
+generated-files/*
+generated-sources/*
+generated-code/*
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+/target
+/generated-files
+/nbactions.xml
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+samples/server-generator/scalatra/output
+samples/server-generator/node/output/node_modules
+samples/server-generator/scalatra/target
+samples/server-generator/scalatra/output/.history
+samples/client/petstore/qt5cpp/PetStore/moc_*
+samples/client/petstore/qt5cpp/PetStore/*.o
+samples/client/petstore/objc/PetstoreClient.xcworkspace/xcuserdata
+samples/client/petstore/qt5cpp/build-*
+samples/client/petstore/qt5cpp/PetStore/PetStore
+samples/client/petstore/qt5cpp/PetStore/Makefile
+samples/client/petstore/java/hello.txt
+samples/client/petstore/android-java/hello.txt
+samples/client/petstore/objc/Build
+samples/client/petstore/objc/Pods
+samples/server/petstore/nodejs/node_modules
+target
+.idea
+.lib
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+.DS_Store
+
+samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/composer.lock
+samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/vendor/
+
+samples/client/petstore/silex/SwaggerServer/composer.lock
+samples/client/petstore/silex/SwaggerServer/venodr/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM maven:3.3-jdk-7
+
+WORKDIR /src
+VOLUME  /src
+VOLUME  /root/.m2/repository
+
+ADD . /opt/swagger-codegen
+
+RUN cd /opt/swagger-codegen && mvn package
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/opt/swagger-codegen/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/target/swagger-codegen-cli.jar"]
+
+CMD ["help"]