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+# Beamline framework [![](https://jitpack.io/v/beamline/framework.svg)](https://jitpack.io/#beamline/framework) [![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=beamline_framework&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=beamline_framework)
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+Basic structure of the Beamline framework.