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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2017 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+    <artifactId>onos-app-group-fwd</artifactId>
+    <version>1.9.0</version>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>Forwarding application using groups.</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <onos.version>1.8.0</onos.version>
+        <onos.app.name>org.onosproject.groupfwd</onos.app.name>
+        <onos.app.origin>ON.Lab</onos.app.origin>
+        <onos.app.title>Forwarding App (Group)</onos.app.title>
+        <onos.app.category>Traffic Steering</onos.app.category>
+        <onos.app.url>http://onosproject.org</onos.app.url>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${onos.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+                <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>