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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.text</groupId>
+  <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+      	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+      	<artifactId>hyracks-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      	<version>${version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-cc-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-cc</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-nc1-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-nc</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <nodeId>NC1</nodeId>
+              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
+              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-nc2-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-nc</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <nodeId>NC2</nodeId>
+              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
+              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy-app</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
+              <appName>text</appName>
+              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/textapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>stop-services</id>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>stop-services</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <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.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      	<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+      	<version>2.8.1</version>
+      	<executions>
+      	  <execution>
+      	    <id>it</id>
+      	    <phase>integration-test</phase>
+      	    <goals>
+      	      <goal>integration-test</goal>
+      	    </goals>
+      	  </execution>
+      	</executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>junit</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+  		<version>4.8.2</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>