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+{
+    "name": "doctrine/orm",
+    "type": "library",
+    "description": "Object-Relational-Mapper for PHP",
+    "keywords": ["orm", "database"],
+    "homepage": "http://www.doctrine-project.org",
+    "license": "LGPL",
+    "authors": [
+        {"name": "Guilherme Blanco"},
+        {"name": "Roman Borschel"},
+        {"name": "Benjamin Eberlei"},
+        {"name": "Jonathan Wage"}
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.3.2",
+        "ext-pdo": "*"
+    }
+}