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@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@
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+target
+.java-version
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@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?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>3.1.0</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>eu.dnetlib.apps</groupId>
+	<artifactId>Oai2ftp</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>Oai2ftp</name>
+	<description>Spring Boot Application that collects metadata from a generic OAI publisher and stores them in a FTP server</description>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
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+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/apps/Oai2ftp/Oai2ftpApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.apps.Oai2ftp;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Oai2ftpApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(Oai2ftpApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
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+
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diff --git a/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/apps/Oai2ftp/Oai2ftpApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/apps/Oai2ftp/Oai2ftpApplicationTests.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/apps/Oai2ftp/Oai2ftpApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.apps.Oai2ftp;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class Oai2ftpApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}