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+Wordsearch
+==========
+
+Compiling
+---------
+
+A simple ```Makefile``` is provided:
+
+```
+$ make
+```
+
+Once built, you need to make a "war" file to deploy to your J2EE container (tested on Tomcat)
+
+```
+$ cd war && jar cfv ../wordsearch.war .
+```
+
+Then deploy your war file :-)