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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>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.appc.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dg-loader</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>dg-loader-features</artifactId>
+    <name>Directed Graph Loader - Features</name>
+
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.appc.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dg-loader-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>
+            <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>