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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
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--->
-
-<plugin>
-  <description>Maven Internal State-Management Plugins</description>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.internal</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-state-management</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1</version>
-  <goalPrefix>statemgmt</goalPrefix>
-  <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
-  <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-  <mojos>
-    <mojo>
-      <goal>start-fork</goal>
-      <description>Setup the appropriate build state to initiate a forked execution.</description>
-      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
-      <requiresProject>false</requiresProject>
-      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
-      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
-      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
-      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.statemgmt.StartForkedExecutionMojo</implementation>
-      <language>java</language>
-      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
-      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
-      <parameters>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>project</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenProject instance, which will have a new executionProject set after execution.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>session</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenSession instance, which will handle the fork context.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>forkId</name>
-          <type>int</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The current fork identifier.</description>
-        </parameter>
-      </parameters>
-      <configuration>
-        <project implementation="org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject" default-value="${project}"/>
-        <session implementation="org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession" default-value="${session}"/>
-        <forkId implementation="int" default-value="-1">${forkId}</forkId>
-      </configuration>
-    </mojo>
-    <mojo>
-      <goal>end-fork</goal>
-      <description>Restore the non-fork currentProject instance, for use in the forking mojo.</description>
-      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
-      <requiresProject>false</requiresProject>
-      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
-      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
-      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
-      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.statemgmt.EndForkedExecutionMojo</implementation>
-      <language>java</language>
-      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
-      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
-      <parameters>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>session</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenSession instance, which will handle the fork context.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>forkId</name>
-          <type>int</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The current fork identifier.</description>
-        </parameter>
-      </parameters>
-      <configuration>
-        <session implementation="org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession" default-value="${session}"/>
-        <forkId implementation="int" default-value="-1">${forkId}</forkId>
-      </configuration>
-    </mojo>
-    <mojo>
-      <goal>clear-fork-context</goal>
-      <description>Tear down any build state used during the previous forked execution.</description>
-      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
-      <requiresProject>false</requiresProject>
-      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
-      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
-      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
-      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.statemgmt.ClearForkedContextMojo</implementation>
-      <language>java</language>
-      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
-      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
-      <parameters>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>project</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenProject instance, which will have the current executionProject cleared after execution.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>forkId</name>
-          <type>int</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The current fork identifier.</description>
-        </parameter>
-      </parameters>
-      <configuration>
-        <project implementation="org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject" default-value="${project}"/>
-        <forkId implementation="int" default-value="-1">${forkId}</forkId>
-      </configuration>
-    </mojo>
-    <mojo>
-      <goal>resolve-late-bound-plugin</goal>
-      <description>Resolve a late-bound plugin during a build, right before it is to be used.</description>
-      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
-      <requiresProject>false</requiresProject>
-      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
-      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
-      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
-      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.statemgmt.ResolveLateBoundPluginMojo</implementation>
-      <language>java</language>
-      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
-      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
-      <parameters>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>project</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenProject instance, for building a new MojoBinding instance.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>session</name>
-          <type>org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>false</editable>
-          <description>The current MavenSession instance, which will handle the fork context.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>groupId</name>
-          <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The plugin's groupId.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>artifactId</name>
-          <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The plugin's artifactId.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>version</name>
-          <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <required>false</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The plugin's version.</description>
-        </parameter>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>goal</name>
-          <type>java.lang.String</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>The mojo's goal that we're looking for, as an extra validation step.</description>
-        </parameter>
-      </parameters>
-      <configuration>
-        <project implementation="org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject" default-value="${project}"/>
-        <session implementation="org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession" default-value="${session}"/>
-        <groupId implementation="java.lang.String">${groupId}</groupId>
-        <artifactId implementation="java.lang.String">${artifactId}</artifactId>
-        <version implementation="java.lang.String">${version}</version>
-        <goal implementation="java.lang.String">${goal}</goal>
-      </configuration>
-      <requirements>
-        <requirement>
-          <role>org.apache.maven.plugin.loader.PluginLoader</role>
-          <field-name>pluginLoader</field-name>
-        </requirement>
-        <requirement>
-          <role>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.binding.MojoBindingFactory</role>
-          <field-name>bindingFactory</field-name>
-        </requirement>
-      </requirements>
-    </mojo>
-  </mojos>
-</plugin>
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