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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>
+	<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>pregelix-core</name>
+
+	<parent>
+    		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+    		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+    		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	</parent>
+
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>balancer</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<classifier>balancer</classifier>
+							<archive>
+								<manifest>
+									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.giraph.util.DataBalancer</MainClass>
+								</manifest>
+							</archive>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/uci/ics/hyracks/giraph/util/DataBalancer*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>generator</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<classifier>generator</classifier>
+							<archive>
+								<manifest>
+									<MainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.giraph.util.DataGenerator</MainClass>
+								</manifest>
+							</archive>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/uci/ics/hyracks/giraph/util/DataGenerator*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>patch</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<classifier>patch</classifier>
+							<finalName>a-hadoop</finalName>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/org/apache/*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</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.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<configuration>
+							<programs>
+								<program>
+									<mainClass>org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar</mainClass>
+									<name>pregelix-obselete</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>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-scripts</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-conf</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<filesets>
+						<fileset>
+							<directory>.</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>teststore*</include>
+								<include>edu*</include>
+								<include>actual*</include>
+								<include>build*</include>
+								<include>expect*</include>
+								<include>ClusterController*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</fileset>
+					</filesets>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-runtime</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-hadoop</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+			<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
+			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.kenai.nbpwr</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org-apache-commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.1-201002241208</version>
+			<type>nbm</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-integration-tests</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey</artifactId>
+			<version>0.8-ea</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>