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+<!--
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+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE Repository PUBLIC "-//The Apache Software Foundation//DTD Jackrabbit 1.6//EN"
+    "http://jackrabbit.apache.org/dtd/repository-1.6.dtd">
+
+<Repository>
+  <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.mem.MemoryFileSystem"/>
+  <!--<FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.local.LocalFileSystem">
+    <param name="path" value="${rep.home}/repository"/>
+</FileSystem>  -->
+  <Security appName="Jackrabbit">
+    <SecurityManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.simple.SimpleSecurityManager" workspaceName="security"/>
+    <AccessManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.simple.SimpleAccessManager"/>
+    <LoginModule class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.security.simple.SimpleLoginModule"/>
+  </Security>
+  <Workspaces rootPath="${rep.home}/workspaces" defaultWorkspace="default"/>
+  <Workspace name="${wsp.name}">
+    <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.local.LocalFileSystem">
+      <param name="path" value="${wsp.home}"/>
+    </FileSystem>
+    <PersistenceManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle.BundleFsPersistenceManager"/>
+    <SearchIndex class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.query.lucene.SearchIndex">
+      <param name="path" value="${wsp.home}/index"/>
+    </SearchIndex>
+  </Workspace>
+  <Versioning rootPath="${rep.home}/version">
+    <FileSystem class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.local.LocalFileSystem">
+      <param name="path" value="${rep.home}/version"/>
+    </FileSystem>
+    <PersistenceManager class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle.BundleFsPersistenceManager"/>
+  </Versioning>
+</Repository>