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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
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+<project
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  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>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>oracle.code</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hat-root</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>hat-distribution</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>collect-native-libs</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <mkdir dir="${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/build"/>
+                <copy todir="${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/build" flatten="true" verbose="true" failonerror="false">
+                  <fileset dir="${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}">
+                    <include name="**/target/**/*.dylib"/>
+                    <include name="**/target/**/*.so"/>
+                    <include name="**/target/**/*.jar"/>
+                    <exclude name="build/**"/>
+                    <exclude name="distribution/**"/>
+                  </fileset>
+                </copy>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>