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+ONOS Component: mcast
+=====================
+
+Repository: kafka-onos (ssh://gerrit.opencord.org:29418/kafka-onos)
+App: kafka
+
+Dependencies (pom.xml)
+----------------------
+
+- sadis
+- onlab-junit
+
+Dependencies (Maven plugins)
+----------------------------
+
+- spotbugs-maven-plugin  v4.7.3.4
+- findsecbugs-plugin     v1.12.0
+- `org.apache.servicemix.bundles.kafka-clients <https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.kafka-clients>`_
+
+  - 3.4.0_1
+  - 1.1.1_1