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+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name         = "XMLParsing"
+  s.version      = "0.1"
+  s.summary      = "XMLEncoder & XMLDecoder using the Codable protocol in Swift 4"
+  s.description  = <<-DESC
+                    XMLParsing allows Swift 4 Codable-conforming objects to be translated to and from XML
+                   DESC
+  s.homepage     = "https://github.com/ShawnMoore/XMLParsing"
+  s.license      = { :type => "MIT", :file => "LICENSE" }
+  s.author       = { "Shawn Moore" => "sm5@me.com" }
+  
+  s.ios.deployment_target = "10.0"
+  s.osx.deployment_target = "10.12"
+  
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/ShawnMoore/XMLParsing.git", :tag => s.version.to_s }
+  s.source_files = "XMLParsing/XML/**/*.swift"
+  s.requires_arc = true
+end