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-.gradle
-build/
-!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**/build/
-!**/src/test/**/build/
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-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
-bin/
-!**/src/main/**/bin/
-!**/src/test/**/bin/
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-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-out/
-!**/src/main/**/out/
-!**/src/test/**/out/
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-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
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-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/