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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>
+  <groupId>com.google.ortools</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ortools-java</artifactId>
+  <version>7.1</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>  
+  <build>
+    <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>  
+    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/ortools</sourceDirectory>  
+  </build>
+</project>
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