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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+#
+#    http://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.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+VALID_VERSIONS=( 2.10 2.11 )
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [-h|--help] <version>
+where :
+  -h| --help Display this help text
+  valid version values : ${VALID_VERSIONS[*]}
+" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ ($# -ne 1) || ( $1 == "--help") ||  $1 == "-h" ]]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+TO_VERSION=$1
+
+check_scala_version() {
+  for i in ${VALID_VERSIONS[*]}; do [ $i = "$1" ] && return 0; done
+  echo "Invalid Scala version: $1. Valid versions: ${VALID_VERSIONS[*]}" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+check_scala_version "$TO_VERSION"
+
+if [ $TO_VERSION = "2.11" ]; then
+  FROM_VERSION="2.10"
+else
+  FROM_VERSION="2.11"
+fi
+
+sed_i() {
+  sed -e "$1" "$2" > "$2.tmp" && mv "$2.tmp" "$2"
+}
+
+export -f sed_i
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)/..
+find "$BASEDIR" -name 'pom.xml' -not -path '*target*' -print \
+  -exec bash -c "sed_i 's/\(artifactId.*\)_'$FROM_VERSION'/\1_'$TO_VERSION'/g' {}" \;
+
+# Also update <scala.binary.version> in parent POM
+# Match any scala binary version to ensure idempotency
+sed_i '1,/<scala\.binary\.version>[0-9]*\.[0-9]*</s/<scala\.binary\.version>[0-9]*\.[0-9]*</<scala.binary.version>'$TO_VERSION'</' \
+  "$BASEDIR/pom.xml"