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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module version="4">
+  <component name="AdditionalModuleElements">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" dumb="true">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
+    </content>
+  </component>
+</module>
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