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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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.12</version>
-        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-    </parent>
-    <groupId>uk.nhs.england</groupId>
-    <artifactId>IOPS-FHIR-Validation-Service</artifactId>
-    <version>6.8.0</version>
-    <name>IOPS-FHIR-Validation-Service</name>
-    <description>HAPI FHIR Validator using Spring Boot</description>
-
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <kotlin.version>1.6.21</kotlin.version>
-        <fhir.version>7.0.2</fhir.version>
-        <swagger_version>2.1.12</swagger_version>
-        <parser_version>2.0.30</parser_version>
-        <jackson_databind_version>2.15.2</jackson_databind_version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-oauth2-client</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson_databind_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson_databind_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.vaadin.external.google</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>android-json</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-base</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-server</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-structures-r4b</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-structures-r4</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-validation</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-validation-resources-r4</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hapi-fhir-validation-resources-dstu3</artifactId>
-            <version>${fhir.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.github.microutils</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20230227</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger.core.v3/swagger-annotations -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>swagger-models</artifactId>
-            <version>${swagger_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${swagger_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger.parser.v3/swagger-parser -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-            <version>${parser_version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-ui</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.4</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-            <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.5</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
-            </dependency>
-
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.amazonaws/aws-java-sdk-cognitoidp -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-cognitoidp</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12.225</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-sqs</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12.252</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <finalName>fhir-validator</finalName>
-        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
-        <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <args>
-                        <arg>-Xjsr305=strict</arg>
-                    </args>
-                    <compilerPlugins>
-                        <plugin>spring</plugin>
-                    </compilerPlugins>
-                </configuration>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
-                        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>9</source>
-                    <target>9</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-</project>