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+<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
+
+<project name="TavernaExtractorConverter" default="build" basedir=".">
+	<description>Taverna Extractor + Archi Converter</description>
+
+	<property name="readMe" location="./README.md" />
+	<property name="src" location="./src" />
+	<property name="samples" location="./samples" />
+	<property name="build" location="./bin" />
+	<property name="lib" location="./lib" />
+	<property name="dist" location="./dist" />
+	<property name="jarfileBasename" value="taverna2archi" />
+	<property name="jarfile" value="${jarfileBasename}.jar" />
+	<property name="jarfileFat" value="${jarfileBasename}-inclLib.jar" />
+	<property name="props" location="TavernaExtractor.properties" />
+	<path id="classpath">
+		<pathelement location="${build}" />
+		<fileset dir="${lib}" />
+	</path>
+
+	<target name="jar" depends="clean, build" description="Generates an out-of-the-box executable jar">
+
+		<copy todir="${dist}/build">
+			<fileset dir="${build}" />
+		</copy>
+
+		<copy todir="${dist}/sampleFiles">
+			<fileset dir="${samples}" />
+		</copy>
+
+		<copy todir="${dist}" file="${lib}/droid/droid-command-line-6.1.3.jar" />
+
+		<copy todir="${dist}" file="${readMe}" />
+		<copy todir="${dist}" file="${props}" />
+
+		<copy todir="${dist}/lib" flatten="true">
+			<fileset dir="lib" />
+		</copy>
+
+		<pathconvert property="libs.project" pathsep=" ">
+			<mapper>
+				<globmapper from="${dist}/lib*" to="lib*" handledirsep="yes" />
+			</mapper>
+			<path>
+				<fileset dir="${dist}/lib">
+					<include name="**/*.jar" />
+				</fileset>
+			</path>
+		</pathconvert>
+
+		<jar jarfile="${dist}/TavernaExtractor.jar" basedir="${dist}/build">
+			<manifest>
+				<attribute name="Class-Path" value="${libs.project}" />
+				<attribute name="Main-Class" value="net.timbusproject.extractors.Main" />
+			</manifest>
+		</jar>
+
+		<delete dir="${dist}/build" />
+
+		<delete dir="${dist}/sampleFiles" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="init">
+		<tstamp />
+		<mkdir dir="${build}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build" depends="init" description="build ">
+		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" debug="true">
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</javac>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="dist" depends="build" description="generate the distribution">
+		<mkdir dir="${dist}" />
+		<jar jarfile="${dist}/${jarfile}" basedir="${build}" manifest="META-INF/MANIFEST.MF" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="dist-standalone" depends="dist" description="Build a single jar containing also the full classpath">
+		<!-- We want to exclude some files from the generated jar, namely individual MANIFEST, LICENSE and README files -->
+		<!-- Otherwise, if we merge MANIFEST files, we might end up with an invalid main class set (one from the other JAR files) -->
+
+		<!-- It seems this it is not possibly to exclude specific files in a ZIP/JAR file when using zipgroupfileset -->
+		<!-- Thus, employing workaround described at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1274879/ant-exclude-files-from-merged-jar-file -->
+		<!-- First, bundle all external libraries in a fat jar external-libs -->
+		<jar jarfile="${dist}/external-libs.jar" filesetmanifest="skip">
+			<zipgroupfileset dir="${lib}" includes="**/*.jar" />
+		</jar>
+		<sleep seconds="1" />
+
+		<!-- Then merge with our jar, excluding everything in /META-INF in the external-libs fat jar -->
+		<jar destfile="${dist}/${jarfileFat}" filesetmanifest="merge">
+			<manifest>
+				<attribute name="Class-Path" value="${libs.project}" />
+				<section name="Referenced Libs">
+					<attribute name="Info" value="Additional libraries are provided as-is, and might fall under different licenses." />
+				</section>
+			</manifest>
+			<zipgroupfileset file="${dist}/${jarfile}" />
+			<zipfileset src="${dist}/external-libs.jar">
+				<exclude name="META-INF/**" />
+			</zipfileset>
+		</jar>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean" description="clean up">
+		<delete dir="${build}" />
+		<delete dir="${dist}" />
+		<delete file="${jarfile}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="doc" depends="build">
+		<delete dir="${doc}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${doc}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${doc}/api" />
+		<javadoc windowtitle="Taverna2Archi API" sourcepath="${src}" destdir="${doc}/api" packagenames="*" package="yes">
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</javadoc>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="TavernaExtractor" depends="build" description="Runs the TavernaExtractor">
+		<java classname="net.timbusproject.extractors.Main" failonerror="true" fork="yes">
+			<arg line="${args}" />
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+
+</project>
+