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+<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>
+
+    <groupId>net.viper.bungee</groupId>
+    <artifactId>StatusAPI</artifactId>
+    <version>4.1.3</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>StatusAPI</name>
+    <description>BungeeCord Status API Plugin</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- BungeeCord API – direkt aus lokalem JAR, kein Repository noetig -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bungeecord-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.20</version>
+            <scope>system</scope>
+            <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/BungeeCord.jar</systemPath>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- LuckPerms API (Optional) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.luckperms</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+            <version>5.4</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- HikariCP Connection Pool (wird ins JAR gepackt) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- MySQL JDBC Treiber (wird ins JAR gepackt) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>9.1.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>luckperms</id>
+            <url>https://repo.luckperms.net/releases/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>StatusAPI</finalName>
+
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>false</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals><goal>shade</goal></goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <relocations>
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>com.zaxxer.hikari</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>net.viper.status.hikari</shadedPattern>
+                                </relocation>
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>com.mysql</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>net.viper.status.mysql</shadedPattern>
+                                </relocation>
+                            </relocations>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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