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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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat.client.WordCountCompatibility</mainClass>
+                  <name>hadoopcompatclient</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>