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-# Required metadata
-sonar.projectKey=java-sonar-runner-simple
-sonar.projectName=Simple Java project analyzed with the SonarQube Runner
-sonar.projectVersion=1.0
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-# Comma-separated paths to directories with sources (required)
-sonar.sources=src
-
-# Language
-sonar.language=java
-
-# Encoding of the source files
-sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
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