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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">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>appc-config-data-services</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+		<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>appc-config-data-services-features</artifactId>
+	<name>APPC Data Services Plugin - Features</name>
+
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openecomp.appc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>appc-config-data-services-provider</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+			<version>2.6</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.mdsal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-mdsal</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.mdsal.version}</version>
+			<classifier>features</classifier>
+			<type>xml</type>
+
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+		<!-- dependency for opendaylight-karaf-empty for use by testing -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.controller</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opendaylight-karaf-empty</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.karaf.empty.distro.version}</version>
+			<type>zip</type>
+		</dependency>
+
+
+		<dependency>
+			<!-- Required for launching the feature tests -->
+			<groupId>org.opendaylight.odlparent</groupId>
+			<artifactId>features-test</artifactId>
+			<version>${odl.commons.opendaylight.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<filtering>true</filtering>
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>filter</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- launches the feature test, which validates that your karaf feature 
+				can be installed inside of a karaf container. It doesn't validate that your 
+				functionality works correctly, just that you have all of the dependent bundles 
+				defined correctly. <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> 
+				<version>2.16</version> <configuration> <systemPropertyVariables> <karaf.distro.groupId>org.opendaylight.controller</karaf.distro.groupId> 
+				<karaf.distro.artifactId>opendaylight-karaf-empty</karaf.distro.artifactId> 
+				<karaf.distro.version>${odl.karaf.empty.distro.version}</karaf.distro.version> 
+				</systemPropertyVariables> <dependenciesToScan> <dependency>org.opendaylight.yangtools:features-test</dependency> 
+				</dependenciesToScan> </configuration> </plugin> -->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-artifacts</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<artifacts>
+								<artifact>
+									<file>${project.build.directory}/classes/${features.file}</file>
+									<type>xml</type>
+									<classifier>features</classifier>
+								</artifact>
+							</artifacts>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>