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+#
+# Author: Peter K. Lee (peter@corenova.com)
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+
+require('events').EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 100
+
+yang = require('yang-js')
+
+require('yang-express').run {
+
+  port: 5050
+  models: [
+    yang.require 'cord-core'
+    yang.require 'xos-core'
+  ]
+  data: require '../../sample-data.json'
+
+}