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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <embeddedin eicontinue="10|Stub|24" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <embeddedin>
      <ei pageid="12" ns="0" title="Decode File API" />
      <ei pageid="15" ns="0" title="Application API" />
      <ei pageid="16" ns="0" title="File Reader Service" />
      <ei pageid="17" ns="0" title="Text Feed Service" />
      <ei pageid="18" ns="0" title="Image Loader Service" />
      <ei pageid="19" ns="0" title="Image Writer Service" />
      <ei pageid="20" ns="0" title="Memory Manager API" />
      <ei pageid="21" ns="0" title="Service Manager API" />
      <ei pageid="22" ns="0" title="Skin API" />
      <ei pageid="23" ns="0" title="System Callbacks API" />
    </embeddedin>
  </query>
</api>