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+## Relevant articles:
diff --git a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
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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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <name>Parent Boot 2</name>
+    <description>Parent for all spring boot 2 modules</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>integration</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>test</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>**/AutoconfigurationTest.java</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>**/*UnitTest.java</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                                        <include>*/EthControllerTestOne.java</include>
+                                        <include>**/*IntTest.java</include>
+                                        <include>**/*EntryPointsTest.java</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <rest-assured.version>3.1.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <!-- plugins -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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