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+#include <iostream>
+#include <boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+
+int main () {
+
+    boost::property_tree::ptree tree1, tree2;
+    try
+    {
+        boost::property_tree::read_xml("oldFormat-CSR.xml", tree1);
+    }
+    catch(const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Error parsing XML: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    
+    
+    std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
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