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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>fi.luke.vips.model</groupId>
+  <artifactId>FinnCerealModels</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src</directory>
+        <excludes>
+          <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+        </excludes>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>resources</directory>
+        <excludes>
+          <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+        </excludes>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>junit</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+  		<version>4.11</version>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>no.nibio.vips.common</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>VIPSCommon</artifactId>
+  		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
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