diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Eclipse
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings/
+
+# Intellij
+.idea/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+
+# Mac
+.DS_Store
+
+# Maven
+log/
+target/
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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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>wwu</groupId>
+    <artifactId>masterarbeit</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+
+</project>
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