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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>data-transfer-object</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
+        <version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../data-transfer-object/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>data-transfer-object</artifactId>
+
+
+</project>
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