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+##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+##  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+##  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+##  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+##  The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# test.properties
+# Used in the PropertiesTest
+#
+test=test
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