diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin-model/pom.xml b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin-model/pom.xml
index 98b6ea92d1..2f439307b5 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin-model/pom.xml
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin-model/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <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>
   <artifactId>javaplugin-model</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.3</version>
+  <version>7.0.0</version>
   <name>CobiGen Javaplugin Model</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>CobiGen - Java Plug-in Model</description>
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/pom.xml b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/pom.xml
index 05492cfcf8..78e11a6128 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/pom.xml
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>javaplugin</artifactId>
   <name>CobiGen - Java Plug-in</name>
-  <version>2.2.3</version>
+  <version>7.0.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>CobiGen - Java Plug-in</description>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>core-api</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1.0</version>
+      <version>7.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>core-test</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1.0</version>
+      <version>7.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1.0</version>
+      <version>7.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>tempeng-freemarker</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>[7.0.0-SNAPSHOT,)</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaPluginActivator.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaPluginActivator.java
index 2184ce01ab..bc20eb4ff5 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaPluginActivator.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaPluginActivator.java
@@ -2,20 +2,30 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.annotation.Activation;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.GeneratorPluginActivator;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.Merger;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.TriggerInterpreter;
+import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.inputreader.JavaInputReader;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.merger.JavaMerger;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 /** Plug-in activator to be registered to the PluginRegistry of CobiGen by any client. */
+@Activation(byFileExtension = { JavaInputReader.VALID_EXTENSION },
+    byMergeStrategy = { JavaPluginActivator.JAVAMERGE, JavaPluginActivator.JAVAMERGE_OVERRIDE }, byFolder = true)
 public class JavaPluginActivator implements GeneratorPluginActivator {
 
+    /** Merge Strategy name for simple java merging (prefer patch) */
+    static final String JAVAMERGE_OVERRIDE = "javamerge_override";
+
+    /** Merge Strategy name for simple java merging (prefer base) */
+    static final String JAVAMERGE = "javamerge";
+
     @Override
     public List<Merger> bindMerger() {
         List<Merger> merger = Lists.newLinkedList();
-        merger.add(new JavaMerger("javamerge", false));
-        merger.add(new JavaMerger("javamerge_override", true));
+        merger.add(new JavaMerger(JAVAMERGE, false));
+        merger.add(new JavaMerger(JAVAMERGE_OVERRIDE, true));
         return merger;
     }
 
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaTriggerInterpreter.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaTriggerInterpreter.java
index b3418d8b38..84bd37ce35 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaTriggerInterpreter.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/JavaTriggerInterpreter.java
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin;
 
+import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.annotation.ReaderPriority;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.InputReader;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.MatcherInterpreter;
+import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.Priority;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.extension.TriggerInterpreter;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.inputreader.JavaInputReader;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.matcher.JavaMatcher;
 
 /** {@link TriggerInterpreter} implementation of a Java Interpreter */
+@ReaderPriority(Priority.LOW)
 public class JavaTriggerInterpreter implements TriggerInterpreter {
 
     /** {@link TriggerInterpreter} type to be registered */
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/inputreader/JavaInputReader.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/inputreader/JavaInputReader.java
index 100300135f..ca18a29cc0 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/inputreader/JavaInputReader.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/main/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/inputreader/JavaInputReader.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
  */
 public class JavaInputReader implements InputReader {
 
+    /** Valid file extension for the reader */
+    public static final String VALID_EXTENSION = "java";
+
     /** Logger instance */
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JavaInputReader.class);
 
@@ -473,9 +476,8 @@ public Object read(Path path, Charset inputCharset, Object... additionalArgument
 
     @Override
     public boolean isMostLikelyReadable(Path path) {
-        String validExtension = "java";
         String fileExtension = FilenameUtils.getExtension(path.toString()).toLowerCase();
-        return validExtension.equals(fileExtension) || Files.isDirectory(path);
+        return VALID_EXTENSION.equals(fileExtension) || Files.isDirectory(path);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/AnnotationQueryingTest.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/AnnotationQueryingTest.java
index 2a2d0cbf78..40661874a7 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/AnnotationQueryingTest.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/AnnotationQueryingTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.GenerationReportTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.TemplateTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.impl.CobiGenFactory;
-import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.inputreader.JavaParserUtil;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.integrationtest.common.AbstractIntegrationTest;
-import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.unittest.inputreader.testdata.TestClassWithAnnotationsContainingObjectArrays;
 
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 
@@ -36,10 +34,10 @@ public void testAnnotationWithObjectArraysAsValues() throws Exception {
         CobiGen cobiGen = CobiGenFactory.create(cobigenConfigFolder.toURI());
         File tmpFolderCobiGen = tmpFolder.newFolder("cobigen_output");
 
-        String testFileRootPath = "src/test/resources/testdata/unittest/inputreader/";
-        File javaSourceFile = new File(testFileRootPath + "TestClassWithAnnotationsContainingObjectArrays.java");
-        Object[] input = new Object[] { JavaParserUtil.getFirstJavaClass(new FileReader(javaSourceFile)),
-            TestClassWithAnnotationsContainingObjectArrays.class };
+        Object input = cobiGen.read(new File(
+            "src/test/resources/testdata/unittest/inputreader/TestClassWithAnnotationsContainingObjectArrays.java")
+                .toPath(),
+            Charset.forName("UTF-8"), getClass().getClassLoader());
         List<TemplateTo> templates = cobiGen.getMatchingTemplates(input);
 
         boolean methodTemplateFound = false;
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/ModelCreationTest.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/ModelCreationTest.java
index 0c98418510..16bff419ea 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/ModelCreationTest.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/ModelCreationTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.GenerationReportTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.TemplateTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.impl.CobiGenFactory;
-import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.inputreader.JavaParserUtil;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.integrationtest.common.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
@@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ public void testCorrectGenericTypeExtraction() throws Exception {
         CobiGen cobiGen = CobiGenFactory.create(cobigenConfigFolder.toURI());
         File tmpFolderCobiGen = tmpFolder.newFolder("cobigen_output");
 
-        Object[] input = new Object[] { this.getClass(),
-            JavaParserUtil.getFirstJavaClass(getClass().getClassLoader(), new FileReader(
-                new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/ModelCreationTest.java"))) };
+        Object input = cobiGen.read(
+            new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/ModelCreationTest.java").toPath(),
+            Charset.forName("UTF-8"), getClass().getClassLoader());
         List<TemplateTo> templates = cobiGen.getMatchingTemplates(input);
 
         boolean methodTemplateFound = false;
@@ -78,9 +77,9 @@ public void testCorrectAnnotationValueExtraction() throws Exception {
         CobiGen cobiGen = CobiGenFactory.create(cobigenConfigFolder.toURI());
         File tmpFolderCobiGen = tmpFolder.newFolder("cobigen_output");
 
-        Object[] input = new Object[] { this.getClass(),
-            JavaParserUtil.getFirstJavaClass(getClass().getClassLoader(), new FileReader(
-                new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/ModelCreationTest.java"))) };
+        Object input = cobiGen.read(
+            new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/ModelCreationTest.java").toPath(),
+            Charset.forName("UTF-8"), getClass().getClassLoader());
         List<TemplateTo> templates = cobiGen.getMatchingTemplates(input);
 
         boolean methodTemplateFound = false;
diff --git a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/VariablesResolutionTest.java b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/VariablesResolutionTest.java
index 35b1702a51..1176d6065a 100644
--- a/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/VariablesResolutionTest.java
+++ b/cobigen/cobigen-javaplugin-parent/cobigen-javaplugin/src/test/java/com/devonfw/cobigen/javaplugin/integrationtest/VariablesResolutionTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import static com.devonfw.cobigen.test.assertj.CobiGenAsserts.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.GenerationReportTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.api.to.TemplateTo;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.impl.CobiGenFactory;
-import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.inputreader.JavaParserUtil;
 import com.devonfw.cobigen.javaplugin.integrationtest.common.AbstractIntegrationTest;
-import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaClass;
 
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 
@@ -39,8 +37,9 @@ public void testSuccessfulPathResolution_variableEqNull() throws Exception {
         CobiGen cobiGen = CobiGenFactory.create(cobigenConfigFolder.toURI());
         File tmpFolderCobiGen = tmpFolder.newFolder("cobigen_output");
 
-        JavaClass input = JavaParserUtil.getFirstJavaClass(
-            new FileReader(new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/SampleEntity.java")));
+        Object input =
+            cobiGen.read(new File("src/test/resources/testdata/integrationtest/javaSources/SampleEntity.java").toPath(),
+                Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
         List<TemplateTo> templates = cobiGen.getMatchingTemplates(input);
 
         boolean methodTemplateFound = false;
diff --git a/documentation/master-cobigen.asciidoc b/documentation/master-cobigen.asciidoc
index cba5025c6a..f2fac2da6f 100644
--- a/documentation/master-cobigen.asciidoc
+++ b/documentation/master-cobigen.asciidoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DISCLAIMER: All Cobigen plugins are compatible with the latest release of Devonf
 ---
 
 * CobiGen v7.0.0
-* CobiGen - Java Plug-in v2.2.3
+* CobiGen - Java Plug-in v7.0.0
 * CobiGen - XML Plug-in v4.2.0
 * CobiGen - TypeScript Plug-in v2.4.4
 * CobiGen - Property Plug-in v2.1.0