diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bba046707..2fe45c1703 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,32 @@
                </includes>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>attach-sources</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>jar</goal>
+                  </goals>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.4</version>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>jar</goal>
+                  </goals>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+         </plugin>
       </plugins>
       <pluginManagement>
          <plugins>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
index 28c1fe279f..cc0ac75830 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/util/WebScriptUtils.java
@@ -400,4 +400,30 @@ public final class WebScriptUtils
         final int status = e.getStatus();
         return status >= lowerLimitInclusive && status < upperLimitExclusive;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the {@link JSONObject} value of a given key from a json object
+     *
+     * @param jsonObject The json object
+     * @param key The key
+     * @return The {@link JSONObject} value of the given key from the json object
+     */
+    public static JSONObject getValueFromJSONObject(JSONObject jsonObject, String key)
+    {
+        mandatory("jsonObject", jsonObject);
+        mandatoryString("key", key);
+
+        JSONObject value = null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            value = jsonObject.getJSONObject(key);
+        }
+        catch (JSONException error)
+        {
+            throw new WebScriptException(Status.STATUS_BAD_REQUEST, "Could not get value for the key '" + key + "'.", error);
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
 }