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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-  <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-  <version>${version}</version>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Simple Archiva Consumer</name>
-  <url>http://archiva.apache.org</url>
-  <description>
-    This is a simple consumer component which demonstrates how a
-    component can be plugged in Archiva.
-  </description>
-  <properties>
-    <archiva.version>${archivaVersion}</archiva.version>
-    <wagonVersion>${wagon.version}</wagonVersion>
-    <slf4jVersion>${slf4j.version}</slf4jVersion>
-    <log4jVersion>${log4j.version}</log4jVersion>
-  </properties>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-consumer-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-configuration</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-indexer</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.9</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>archiva-repository-admin-default</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
-      <artifactId>metadata-store-jcr</artifactId>
-      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>redback-common-test-resources</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${redback.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>redback-rbac-memory</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${redback.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>redback-rbac-cached</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${redback.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>redback-rbac-role-manager</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${redback.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
-      <version>${wagonVersion}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-      <version>${wagonVersion}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-      <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>${derbyVersion}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.1</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3.2</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3.2</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.11</version>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <tasks>
-                <echo>
-                Remember to add the the following to the knownconsumers section in your archiva.xml file
-                 &lt;knownContentConsumer>simple-artifact-consumer&lt;/knownContentConsumer>
-                </echo>
-              </tasks>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <appserver.base>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</appserver.base>
-            <archiva.user.configFileName>${project.build.directory}/archiva.xml</archiva.user.configFileName>
-            <test.resources.path>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}</test.resources.path>
-            <redback.jdbc.url>jdbc:derby:memory:users-test;create=true</redback.jdbc.url>
-            <redback.jdbc.driver.name>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</redback.jdbc.driver.name>
-            <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}/temp</java.io.tmpdir>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <!--repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>archiva.snapshots</id>
-      <name>Archiva VM Snapshots Repository</name>
-      <url>https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/snapshots</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories-->
-</project>