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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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.
+  -->
+<app name="org.onosproject.openflow-message" origin="ON.Lab" version="${project.version}"
+     category="default" url="http://onosproject.org"
+     featuresRepo="mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}/xml/features"
+     features="${project.artifactId}">
+    <description>${project.description}</description>
+    <artifact>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-of-provider-message/${project.version}</artifact>
+</app>