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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         id="ONOS" version="2.5">
+    <display-name>ONOS GUI</display-name>
+
+    <welcome-file-list>
+        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+    </welcome-file-list>
+
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
+            <param-value>org.onlab.onos.gui</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+    </servlet>
+
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>JAX-RS Service</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/rs/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+
+</web-app>
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