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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 
+                             http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>dev.viper</groupId>
+    <artifactId>TelegramChatBridge</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+
+    <name>TelegramChatBridge</name>
+    <description>Bridge between Minecraft and Telegram chat</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <telegrambots.version>6.5.0</telegrambots.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- Telegram Bots -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.telegram</groupId>
+            <artifactId>telegrambots</artifactId>
+            <version>${telegrambots.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Bukkit/Spigot API -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.21.5-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Compiler Plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>17</release>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Shade Plugin: packt Telegram-Bibliothek in die JAR -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals><goal>shade</goal></goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
+                            <relocations>
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>org.telegram</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>dev.viper.shaded.telegram</shadedPattern>
+                                </relocation>
+                            </relocations>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>