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+<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>
+  <groupId>de.korap.services</groupId>
+  <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>utils</name>
+  <description>Utilitys for the KorAp Services.</description>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.6</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
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