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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- $Id: build.xml 6625 2006-03-08 10:08:40Z michelou $ -->
+
+<project name="scala-examples" default="build">
+
+  <description>
+    I am SABBUS for ${ant.project.name}, the build system for the Scala compiler and core
+    library. Please check the 'docs/README' file for more information about me.
+  </description>
+
+  <echo level="info" message="Running SABBUS for ${ant.project.name}..."/>
+
+<!-- ===========================================================================
+PROPERTIES
+============================================================================ -->
+
+  <property environment="env"/>
+
+  <!-- Prevents system classpath from being used -->
+  <property name="build.sysclasspath" value="ignore"/>
+
+  <!-- Base properties -->
+  <property name="src.dir"            value="${basedir}/docs"/>
+  <property name="src.examples.dir"   value="${src.dir}/examples"/>
+  <property name="lib.dir"            value="${basedir}/lib"/>
+  <!-- User properties -->
+  <property file="${basedir}/build.examples.properties"/>
+  <!-- Location of pre-compiled libraries properties -->
+  <property name="scala.lib.jar"      value="${lib.dir}/scala-library.jar"/>
+  <property name="scala.comp.jar"     value="${lib.dir}/scala-compiler.jar"/>
+  <property name="jaco.jar"           value="${lib.dir}/jaco.jar"/>
+  <property name="fjbg.name"          value="fjbg.jar"/>
+  <property name="fjbg.jar"           value="${lib.dir}/${fjbg.name}"/>
+  <property name="ant.jar"            value="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar"/>
+  <property name="ant-contrib.jar"    value="${lib.dir}/ant-contrib.jar"/>
+  <!-- -->
+  <property name="build.dir"          value="${basedir}/build"/>
+  <property name="build.examples.dir" value="${build.dir}/examples"/>
+  <!-- tbd -->
+  <property name="excludes.compile"
+            value="**/*current.*,**/fors.*,**/parsers2.*,**/typeinf.*"/>
+  <property name="excludes.run"
+            value="**/Parsers.*"/>
+
+<!-- ===========================================================================
+INITIALISATION
+============================================================================ -->
+
+  <target name="init" unless="init.avail">
+    <tstamp prefix="start">
+      <format
+        property="human-time"
+        pattern="EEEE, d MMMM yyyy, HH:mm:ss (zz)"
+      />
+    </tstamp>
+    <!-- Testing if everything is in place -->
+    <echo level="verbose" message="scala.lib.jar=${scala.lib.jar}"/>
+    <fail message="Scala library in 'lib/' is not available">
+      <condition><not><and>
+        <available
+          classname="scala.Predef" 
+          classpath="${scala.lib.jar}"
+        />
+        <available
+          classname="scala.List"
+          classpath="${scala.lib.jar}"
+        />
+        <available
+          classname="scala.runtime.ObjectRef"
+          classpath="${scala.lib.jar}"
+        />
+      </and></not></condition>
+    </fail>
+    <echo level="verbose" message="scala.comp.jar=${scala.comp.jar}"/>
+    <fail message="Scala compiler in 'lib/' is not available">
+      <condition><not>
+        <available
+          classname="scala.tools.ant.Scalac"
+          classpath="${scala.comp.jar}:${scala.lib.jar}"
+        />
+      </not></condition>
+    </fail>
+    <echo level="verbose" message="fjbg.jar=${fjbg.jar}"/>
+    <fail message="FJBG library in 'lib/' is not available">
+      <condition><not>
+        <available
+          classname="ch.epfl.lamp.fjbg.JCode"
+          classpath="${fjbg.jar}"
+        />
+      </not></condition>
+    </fail>
+    <echo level="verbose" message="jaco.jar=${jaco.jar}"/>
+    <fail message="JaCo compiler in 'lib/' is not available">
+      <condition><not>
+        <available classname="jaco.pizza.Main" classpath="${jaco.jar}"/>
+      </not></condition>
+    </fail>
+    <echo level="verbose" message="ant.jar=${ant.jar}"/>
+    <echo level="verbose" message="ant-contrib.jar=${ant-contrib.jar}"/>
+    <fail message="Additional Ant tasks in 'lib/' is not available">
+      <condition><not>
+        <available
+          classname="net.sf.antcontrib.AntContribVersion"
+          classpath="${ant-contrib.jar}"
+        />
+      </not></condition>
+    </fail>
+    <!-- Creating class-pathes -->
+    <path id="common.classpath">
+      <pathelement location="${fjbg.jar}"/>
+    </path>
+    <path id="scala.classpath">
+      <pathelement location="${scala.lib.jar}"/>
+      <pathelement location="${scala.comp.jar}"/>
+      <path refid="common.classpath"/>
+    </path>
+    <!-- Creating boot-level tasks -->
+    <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml">
+      <classpath>
+        <pathelement location="${ant-contrib.jar}"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </taskdef>
+    <!-- Finding out what system architecture is being used -->
+    <condition property="os.win">
+      <os family="windows"/>
+    </condition>
+    <if><isset property="os.win"/>
+      <then>
+        <exec
+          executable="cygpath"
+          vmlauncher="no"
+          errorproperty="cygpath.err"
+          outputproperty="cygpath.out"
+        >
+          <arg value="--windir"/>
+        </exec>
+        <condition property="os.cygwin">
+          <equals arg1="${cygpath.err}" arg2=""/>
+        </condition>
+      </then>
+    </if>
+    <condition property="os.unix">
+      <or>
+        <os family="unix"/>
+        <os family="mac"/>
+        <isset property="os.cygwin"/>
+      </or>
+    </condition>
+    <if><isset property="os.cygwin"/>
+      <then><property name="os.type" value="Cygwin"/></then>
+      <elseif><isset property="os.win"/>
+        <then><property name="os.type" value="Windows"/></then>
+      </elseif>
+      <elseif><isset property="os.unix"/>
+        <then><property name="os.type" value="UNIX"/></then>
+      </elseif>
+      <else>
+        <fail>System environment could not be determined</fail>
+      </else>
+    </if>
+    <echo
+      level="info"
+      message="OS:   ${os.type} (${os.name} ${os.arch} ${os.version});"
+    />
+    <echo
+      level="info"
+      message="Java: ${java.version} ('${java.home}');"
+    />
+    <echo
+      level="info"
+      message="JVM:  ${java.vm.name} ${java.vm.version};"
+    />
+    <echo
+      level="info"
+      message="Ant:  ${ant.version}."
+    />
+    <property name="init.avail" value="yes"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="setup" depends="init">
+    <!-- Creating boot-level tasks -->
+    <taskdef name="scalac"
+            classname="scala.tools.ant.Scalac"
+            classpathref="scala.classpath"/>
+    <property name="init.avail" value="yes"/>
+  </target>
+
+<!-- ===========================================================================
+BUILD
+============================================================================ -->
+
+  <target name="build" depends="setup">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
+    <echo level="verbose">src.dir=${src.dir}</echo>
+    <pathconvert property="list" pathsep=",">
+      <path>
+        <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="examples/*.scala"
+                 excludes="${excludes.compile}"/>
+      </path>
+      <mapper>
+        <globmapper from="${src.dir}/*" to="*"/>
+      </mapper>
+    </pathconvert>
+    <for list="${list}" param="file">
+      <sequential>
+        <scalac srcdir="${src.dir}"
+                destdir="${build.dir}">
+          <classpath>
+            <pathelement location="${scala.lib.jar}"/>
+            <pathelement location="${build.dir}"/>
+          </classpath>
+          <include name="@{file}"/>
+        </scalac>
+      </sequential>
+    </for>
+  </target>
+
+<!-- ===========================================================================
+RUN
+============================================================================ -->
+
+  <target name="run" depends="build">
+    <pathconvert property="list" pathsep=",">
+      <path>
+        <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="examples/*.scala"
+                 excludes="${excludes.run}"/>
+      </path>
+      <mapper>
+        <globmapper from="${src.dir}/*" to="*"/>
+      </mapper>
+    </pathconvert>
+    <for list="${list}" param="file">
+      <sequential>
+        <var name="classname" unset="true"/>
+        <basename property="classname" file="@{file}" suffix=".scala"/>
+        <echo>Executing Scala program examples.${classname}..</echo>
+        <java classname="examples.${classname}" fork="true"
+              output="${build.examples.dir}/${classname}.log"
+              error="${build.examples.dir}/${classname}.log"
+              append="true">
+          <classpath>
+            <pathelement location="${scala.lib.jar}"/>
+            <pathelement location="${build.dir}"/>
+          </classpath>
+        </java>
+      </sequential>
+    </for>
+  </target>
+
+<!-- ===========================================================================
+CLEAN
+============================================================================ -->
+
+  <macrodef name="remove">
+    <attribute name="dir"/>
+    <sequential>
+      <delete
+        dir="@{dir}"
+        includeemptydirs="yes"
+        quiet="yes"
+        failonerror="no"
+      />
+    </sequential>
+  </macrodef>
+
+  <target name="clean" description="Removes all build examples">
+    <remove dir="${build.examples.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+</project>