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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>net.pyxzl</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoop-river</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>hadoop-river</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-integration</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.avh4.util</groupId>
+      <artifactId>imagecomparison</artifactId>
+      <version>0.0.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>