assertFileExistence(dir, filename, true);

        File file = new File(dir, filename);

        String contents = FileUtils.fileRead(file, encoding);

        assertEquals(contentsTest, contents);
    }

    public File createFile(File dir, String filename, String contents, String encoding) throws IOException {

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<plexus>
  <components>
    <component>
      <role>org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingHelper</role>
      <implementation>org.apache.maven.project.EmptyProjectBuildingHelper</implementation>
    </component>
  </components>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metadata>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
  <version>0.1</version>
  <versioning>
    <versions>
      <version>0.1</version>
    </versions>
  </versioning>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<plexus>
  <components>
    <component>
      <role>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifeCyclePluginAnalyzer</role>
      <implementation>org.apache.maven.lifecycle.EmptyLifecyclePluginAnalyzer</implementation>
    </component>
    <component>
      <role>org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingHelper</role>
      <implementation>org.apache.maven.project.EmptyProjectBuildingHelper</implementation>
    </component>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metadata>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>0.1</version>
  <versioning>
    <latest>0.1</latest>
    <release>0.1</release>
    <versions>
      <version>0.1</version>
    </versions>
    <lastUpdated>20091023224813</lastUpdated>
  </versioning>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metadata>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>0.1</version>
  <versioning>
    <latest>0.1</latest>
    <release>0.1</release>
    <versions>
      <version>0.1</version>
    </versions>
    <lastUpdated>20091023224444</lastUpdated>
  </versioning>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>example.eclipse-548652</groupId>
  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <modules>
    <module>child</module>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its</groupId>
    <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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