diff --git a/json-path/pom.xml b/json-path/pom.xml
index 3333e617..fb9d83d9 100644
--- a/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.7</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModel.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModel.java
index 5df8d986..002e6f8e 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModel.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModel.java
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ public class JsonModel {
 
         return new JsonModel(json, JsonProviderFactory.createProvider());
     }
+    public static JsonModel create(String json) {
+        return model(json);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Creates a JsonModel 
@@ -500,6 +503,9 @@ public class JsonModel {
 
         return new JsonModel(jsonObject, JsonProviderFactory.createProvider());
     }
+    public static JsonModel create(Object jsonObject) {
+        return model(jsonObject);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Creates a JsonModel 
@@ -512,6 +518,9 @@ public class JsonModel {
 
         return new JsonModel(url, JsonProviderFactory.createProvider());
     }
+    public static JsonModel create(URL url) throws IOException  {
+        return model(url);
+    }
     
     /**
      * Creates a JsonModel 
@@ -524,6 +533,9 @@ public class JsonModel {
 
         return new JsonModel(jsonInputStream, JsonProviderFactory.createProvider());
     }
+    public static JsonModel create(InputStream jsonInputStream) throws IOException  {
+        return model(jsonInputStream);
+    }
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------
     //
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
index a2470acf..06b0ea49 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@ public class IssuesTest {
 
         assertNull(JsonPath.read(json, "$.foo.id"));
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void issue_11() throws Exception {
+        //String json = "{ \"foo\" : [] }";
+        //JsonPath.read(json, "$.foo[?(@.rel= 'item')][0].uri");
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 493c5ad5..5150d64a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<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">
+<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>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
     <inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>GitHub Issue Tracking</system>
-        <url />
+        <url/>
     </issueManagement>
     <licenses>
         <license>
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@
     </modules>
 
     <build>
-    	<pluginManagement>
-    		<plugins>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
                 <!--
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				-->
-    		</plugins>
+            </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>