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-Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Bundle-SymbolicName: org.springframework.data.elasticsearch
-Bundle-Name: ${project.name}
-Bundle-Vendor: Pivotal Software, Inc.
-Bundle-Version: ${project.version}
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
-Export-Template:
- org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.*;version="${project.version}"
-Import-Template:
- javax.enterprise.*;version="${cdi:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}";resolution:=optional,
- org.apache.commons.lang.*;version="${commonslang:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- com.fasterxml.jackson.*;version="${jackson:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}";resolution:=optional,
- org.elasticsearch.*;version="${elasticsearch:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.apache.lucene.*;version="6.4.1",
- org.joda.time.*;version="${jodatime:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.slf4j.*;version="${slf4j:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.springframework.*;version="${spring:[=.=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.springframework.data.*;version="${springdata.commons:[=.=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.w3c.*;version="0.0.0"