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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package example.app.crm.config;
+
+/**
+ * {@link TestCassandraConfiguration} class for bootstrapping, configuring and starting an Apache Cassandra database
+ * server instance in an embedded capacity.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see example.app.crm.config.TestCassandraConfiguration
+ * @since 1.7.6
+ */
+public class EmbeddedTestCassandraConfiguration extends TestCassandraConfiguration {
+
+
+}