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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.ciip-gruppe8-password-manager</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ciip-gruppe8-password-manager</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>5.8.2</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <junit.platform.version>1.8.1</junit.platform.version>
+        <mockito.version>4.2.0</mockito.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.22.0</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- assertThat() -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.19.1</version> <!-- Specific due to memory leak in 2.20 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <!--Custom provider and engine for Junit 5 to surefire -->
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+                        <version>5.7.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+                <!-- <configuration>
+                    <argLine>${argLine}</argLine>
+                </configuration> -->
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
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