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+---
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+#  Copyright (C) 2018 Nordix Foundation.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+# this job gets triggered when a change is proposed to
+# policy/common project on Nordix Gerrit.
+
+- project:
+    name: policy-common-verify
+    project: policy/common
+    project-name: policy-common
+
+    stream:
+      - 'master':
+          branch: '{stream}'
+      - 'nordix-dev':
+          branch: '{stream}'
+
+    jobs:
+      - '{project-name}-{stream}-verify-java'