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   <bean id="longRunningTasksService" lazy-init="true"

    class="org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean">

    <property name="serviceUrl">

      <value>http://${remoteServer}:${remotePort}/${remoteContext}/remoting/longrunningtasks.service

      </value>

    </property>

    <property name="serviceInterface">

      <value>eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.longrunningService.ILongRunningTasksService

      </value>

    </property>

    <property name="httpInvokerRequestExecutor">

      <bean class="eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.service.CdmAuthenticatedHttpInvokerRequestExecutor">

        <property name="readTimeout" value="0" />

      </bean>

    </property>

  </bean>