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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="false" sync-formatter="false">
+  <local-check-config name="maven-checkstyle-plugin validate-checkstyle" location="jar:file:/Users/ash/.m2/repository/org/onlab/tools/onos-build-conf/1.0/onos-build-conf-1.0.jar!/onos/checkstyle.xml" type="remote" description="maven-checkstyle-plugin configuration validate-checkstyle">
+    <property name="checkstyle.cache.file" value="${project_loc}/target/checkstyle-cachefile"/>
+    <property name="checkstyle.suppressions.file" value="/Users/ash/work/onos-next/providers/of/host/target/checkstyle-suppressions-validate-checkstyle.xml"/>
+    <property name="checkstyle.header.file" value="/Users/ash/work/onos-next/providers/of/host/target/checkstyle-header-validate-checkstyle.txt"/>
+  </local-check-config>
+  <fileset name="java-sources-validate-checkstyle" enabled="true" check-config-name="maven-checkstyle-plugin validate-checkstyle" local="true">
+    <file-match-pattern match-pattern="src/test/java.*\.java" include-pattern="true"/>
+    <file-match-pattern match-pattern="src/main/java/.*\.java" include-pattern="true"/>
+    <file-match-pattern match-pattern="src/main/resources.*\.properties" include-pattern="true"/>
+    <file-match-pattern match-pattern="src/test/resources.*\.properties" include-pattern="true"/>
+  </fileset>
+</fileset-config>