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+<!--
+  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+  ================================================================================
+  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=========================================================
+-->
+<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.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>simple-wsclient</artifactId>
+    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+    <description>[${project.parent.artifactId}] Simple Websocket client (console and echo)</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <apex-apps-wsclients-simple-dir>${project.basedir}/src</apex-apps-wsclients-simple-dir>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
+            <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onap.policy.apex-pdp.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tools-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>console-client</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptorRefs>
+                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+                            </descriptorRefs>
+                            <archive>
+                                <manifest>
+                                    <mainClass>org.onap.policy.apex.tools.simple.wsclients.Application</mainClass>
+                                </manifest>
+                            </archive>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
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