diff --git a/samples/attributes/build.xml b/samples/attributes/build.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
- * Copyright 2004 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- *
- * $Id$
--->
-
-<!--
-  Build file for the "attributes" sample application.
-  
-  Demonstrates how to compile an application that has the security
-  configuration defined by Commons Attributes in its Java source code.
--->
-
-<project name="attributes" default="all" basedir=".">
-
-	<property file="build.properties"/>
-	<property file="project.properties"/>
-
-	<path id="attribute-compiler-classpath">
-		<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
-			<include name="**/commons-attributes-compiler-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/commons-collections.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/xjavadoc-1.0.jar"/>
-		</fileset>
-	</path>
-
-	<path id="qa-portalpath">
- 		<pathelement location="classes"/>
-		<fileset dir="${dist.lib.dir}">
-			<include name="acegi-security.jar"/>
-		</fileset>
-		<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
-			<include name="**/spring.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/aopalliance-*.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/commons-logging.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/commons-attributes-api-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/commons-collections.jar"/>
-			<include name="**/xml-apis.jar"/>
-		</fileset>
-	</path>
-
-    <path id="jalopy-classpath">
-        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}/jalopy">
-            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-    </path>
-
-	<target name="attribute-compiler" description="Generate Commons Attributes sources from original sources">
-		<taskdef name='attribute-compiler'
-				classname="org.apache.commons.attributes.compiler.AttributeCompiler" 
-				classpathref="attribute-compiler-classpath"/>
-		<attribute-compiler 
-				destdir="${src.generated.dir}"
-				attributePackages="net.sf.acegisecurity">
-			<fileset dir="${src.dir}"/>
-		</attribute-compiler>
-	</target>
-	
-	<target name="compile-classes" description="Compile generated and original sources">
-		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
-		<javac destdir="${build.dir}" classpathref="qa-portalpath">
-			<src path="${src.dir}"/>
-			<src path="${src.generated.dir}"/>
-		</javac>
-		<copy todir="${build.dir}">
-			<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-				<include name="*.xml"/>
-			</fileset>
-		</copy>
-	</target>
-
-    <target name="format" description="Formats all project source code">
-        <taskdef name="jalopy" classname="de.hunsicker.jalopy.plugin.ant.AntPlugin">
-            <classpath refid="jalopy-classpath"/>
-        </taskdef>
-
-        <jalopy fileformat="unix"
-            convention="${jalopy.xml}"
-            history="file"
-            historymethod="adler32"
-            loglevel="error"
-            threads="2"
-            classpathref="qa-portalpath">
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-                <include name="**/*.java"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </jalopy>
-   </target>
-
-   <target name="tests" depends="compile-classes" description="Run tests">
-
-		<delete dir="${reports.dir}"/>
-		<mkdir dir="${reports.dir}"/>
-
-		<junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="yes">
-			<classpath location="${build.dir}"/>
-			<classpath refid="qa-portalpath"/>
-			<formatter type="plain"/>
-
-			<batchtest fork="yes" todir="${reports.dir}">
-				<fileset dir="${build.dir}" includes="${test.includes}" excludes="${test.excludes}"/>
-			</batchtest>
-		</junit>
-
-   </target>
-
-   <target name="clean" description="Clean output dirs (generated, classes, reports)">
-		<delete dir="${src.generated.dir}"/>
-		<delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
-		<delete dir="${reports.dir}"/>
-   </target>
-
-   <target name="all" depends="clean, attribute-compiler, compile-classes, tests"  description="Builds from scratch and runs tests"/>
-	
-   <target name="execute" description="Runs application (assumes has been built)">
-		<java fork="true" classpathref="qa-portalpath" classname="sample.attributes.Main"/>
-   </target>
-
-   <target name="release" depends="all" description="Builds a clean release file"/>
-
-</project>