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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE j8583-config PUBLIC "-//J8583//DTD CONFIG 1.0//EN"
+	"http://j8583.sourceforge.net/j8583.dtd">
+<j8583-config>
+<!-- This is a test config file -->
+
+    <template type="100">
+    	<field num="10" type="LLLVAR">
+    		<field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="5" />
+    		<field num="2" type="LLVAR"/>
+    		<field num="3" type="NUMERIC" length="5" />
+    		<field num="4" type="ALPHA" length="1" />
+    	</field>
+    </template>
+
+    <template type="101">
+    	<field num="10" type="LLLVAR">
+            <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="5" />
+    		<field num="2" type="LLVAR">
+                <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                <field num="2" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                <field num="3" type="LLVAR">
+                    <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="3" />
+                    <field num="2" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                </field>
+            </field>
+    		<field num="3" type="NUMERIC" length="5" />
+    		<field num="4" type="ALPHA" length="1" />
+    	</field>
+    </template>
+
+    <parse type="100">
+        <field num="10" type="LLLVAR">
+            <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="5" />
+            <field num="2" type="LLVAR"/>
+            <field num="3" type="NUMERIC" length="5" />
+            <field num="4" type="ALPHA" length="1" />
+        </field>
+    </parse>
+
+    <parse type="101">
+        <field num="10" type="LLLVAR">
+            <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="5" />
+            <field num="2" type="LLVAR">
+                <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                <field num="2" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                <field num="3" type="LLVAR">
+                    <field num="1" type="ALPHA" length="3" />
+                    <field num="2" type="ALPHA" length="2" />
+                </field>
+            </field>
+            <field num="4" type="ALPHA" length="1" />
+        </field>
+    </parse>
+
+</j8583-config>