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+<ipojo xmlns:props="example.handler.properties">
+
+	<!-- Declare a component using your handler -->
+	<component
+		classname="org.apache.felix.ipojo.handler.properties.example.PropertiesTester">
+		<callback transition="validate" method="start" />
+		<callback transition="invalidate" method="stop" />
+		<!--  declare our handler -->
+		<props:properties file="props\properties.txt" />
+	</component>
+
+	<!-- Declare an instance -->
+	<instance component="annotationTester" />
+	<instance
+		component="org.apache.felix.ipojo.handler.properties.example.PropertiesTester"
+		name="i1">
+		<property name="properties.file"
+			value="props\properties-i1.txt" />
+	</instance>
+
+</ipojo>