diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd2946a..1eaf65b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 Network Trash Folder
 Temporary Items
 .apdisk
+
+#idea files
+.gradle/
+build/
+.idea/
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71cb42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+group 'ninja.javafx'
+version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+
+buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.0.4'
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'application'
+
+mainClassName = 'ninja.javafx.smartcsv.fx.converter.ConverterKt'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+    compile 'com.beust:klaxon:0.24'
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca78035
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf27dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Thu Oct 06 22:39:48 CEST 2016
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27309d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832fdb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb9013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rootProject.name = 'SmartCSV.fx.Converter'
+
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/converter/Converter.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/converter/Converter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d0610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/converter/Converter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+   The MIT License (MIT)
+   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   Copyright (c) 2016 javafx.ninja <info@javafx.ninja>
+   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+   THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+package ninja.javafx.smartcsv.fx.converter
+
+import com.beust.klaxon.*
+import java.io.File
+import java.util.*
+
+class Converter(val name: String) {
+
+    fun parse(name: String): Any {
+        val inputStream = File(name).inputStream()
+        return Parser().parse(inputStream)!!
+    }
+
+    fun convert() {
+        val root = parse(name) as JsonObject
+        val headers = root.obj("headers")
+        val headerList: JsonArray<String>? = headers?.array("list")
+
+        val columnMap = root.obj("columns")
+
+        val fields = ArrayList<JsonObject>()
+
+        headerList?.forEach {
+
+            val schemaColumn = JsonObject(HashMap<String, Any>())
+            schemaColumn["name"] = it
+
+            val column: JsonObject? = columnMap?.obj(it)
+            if (column != null) {
+                val isInteger = column.boolean("integer") ?: false
+                val isNotEmpty = column.boolean("not empty") ?: false
+                val isDouble = column.boolean("double") ?: false
+                val isUnique = column.boolean("unique") ?: false
+                val isAlphanumeric = column.boolean("alphanumeric") ?: false
+                val minlength = column.int("minlength")
+                val maxlength = column.int("maxlength")
+                val date = column.string("date")
+                val groovy = column.string("groovy")
+                val regexp = column.string("regexp")
+                val valueOfList: JsonArray<String>? = column.array("value of")
+
+                schemaColumn["type"] = "string"
+                if (isInteger) schemaColumn["type"] = "integer"
+                if (isDouble) schemaColumn["type"] = "number"
+
+                date?.let {
+                    schemaColumn.put("type", "date")
+                    schemaColumn.put("format", date)
+                }
+                groovy?.let { schemaColumn["groovy"] = groovy }
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "unique", isUnique)
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "required", isNotEmpty)
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "minLength", minlength)
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "maxLength", maxlength)
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "enum", valueOfList)
+                constraint(schemaColumn, "pattern", regexp)
+                if (isAlphanumeric) constraint(schemaColumn, "pattern",  "[0-9a-zA-Z]*")
+            }
+            fields.add(schemaColumn)
+
+        }
+
+        val newName = name.substringBeforeLast('.') + "_json_schema." + name.substringAfterLast('.')
+        File(newName).writeText(json { obj(Pair("fields", JsonArray(fields))) }.toJsonString(true))
+
+    }
+
+    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+    fun constraint(column : JsonObject, key : String, value: Any?) {
+        if (value == null) return
+        val constraints = column["constraints"] as JsonObject? ?: JsonObject(HashMap<String, Any>())
+        column["constraints"] = constraints
+        constraints[key] = value
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    if (args.size == 1) {
+        Converter(args[0]).convert()
+    } else {
+        println("missing file to convert as argument")
+    }
+}
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