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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	<Appenders>
+		<Console name="CONSOLE" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+			<PatternLayout pattern="[%-5level] %c{1.} %msg%n"/>
+		</Console>
+	</Appenders>
+
+	<Loggers>
+		<Root level="WARN">
+			<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
+		</Root>
+	</Loggers>
+</configuration>
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