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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
+	<name>hivesterix-optimizer</name>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+					<fork>true</fork>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>