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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
+    <groupId>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.tools</groupId>
+  <artifactId>java-build</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Libphonenumber Java and JavaScript build tools</name>
+  <description>
+    Java and JavaScript build tools that generate the Java and JavaScript metadata code needed to
+    build the libphonenumber library. The Java build tools also transform the geocoding data from
+    text to binary format.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+          <target>1.5</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Add ../../../java/src/ to make PhoneMetadata.java available to the source
+           directories. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>add-source</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-source</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sources>
+                <source>../../../java/src/</source>
+                <!-- Also add ../common/src/ which contains BuildMetadataFromXml.java -->
+                <source>../common/src/</source>
+              </sources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- Build a JAR that contains the Java and JavaScript build tools. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptorRefs>
+            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+          </descriptorRefs>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+              <mainClass>com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.tools.EntryPoint</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>