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+Various information about these examples can be found here and on the tutorial
+page here: xxxx.  Some notes follow regarding tutorial projects in this example 
+directory.
+
+ o The dictionaryservice.itest project demonstrates how to use the maven-felix
+   -plugin to perform integration tests.  Look at it's pom to see how to use the
+   new plugin which runs bundles inside Felix during the integration-test phase
+   of the Maven default lifecycle.
+  
+   dictionaryservice.itest is a testing bundle with a simple Activator that 
+   performs some simple operations on a target dictionaryservice bundle and 
+   checks for correct operation.