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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>pregelix</artifactId>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<version>0.2.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>pregelix-benchmark</artifactId>
+	<name>pregelix-benchmark</name>
+	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.giraph</groupId>
+			<artifactId>giraph-core</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>