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+<?xml version="1.0"?><!-- vim:set ts=2 sw=2 expandtab: -->
+
+<!--
+This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+Copyright 1997 - July 2008 CWI, August 2008 - 2016 MonetDB B.V.
+-->
+
+<!--
+
+  Build file to allow ant (http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/) to be used
+  to build the MonetDB Java libraries, such as the JDBC and XML:DB
+  drivers.
+
+-->
+
+<project name="MonetDB_Java_Drivers" default="default" basedir=".">
+
+
+  <!-- set global properties for this build -->
+  <property name="srcdir"               value="src/main/java" />
+  <property name="libdir"               value="lib" />
+  <property name="jardir"               value="jars" />
+  <property name="builddir"             value="build" />
+  <property name="docdir"               value="doc" />
+  <property name="jdbc-package"         value="nl/cwi/monetdb/jdbc" />
+  <property name="mcl-package"          value="nl/cwi/monetdb/mcl" />
+  <property name="client-package"       value="nl/cwi/monetdb/client" />
+  <property name="util-package"         value="nl/cwi/monetdb/util" />
+  <property name="mero-control-package" value="nl/cwi/monetdb/merovingian" />
+
+  <property file="build.local.properties" />
+  <property file="build.properties" />
+
+  <property name="jdbc-jar"
+    value="${jardir}/monetdb-jdbc-${JDBC_MAJOR}.${JDBC_MINOR}.jar" />
+  <property name="jdbcclient-jar"
+    value="${jardir}/jdbcclient.jar" />
+  <property name="jmonetdb-jar"
+    value="${jardir}/jmonetdb.jar" />
+  <property name="mcl-jar"
+    value="${jardir}/monetdb-mcl-${MCL_MAJOR}.${MCL_MINOR}.jar" />
+
+  <property name="mero-control-jar"
+    value="${jardir}/merocontrol.jar" />
+
+  <!-- 
+
+  Cross-compile for JVM 1.5 ("Java 5"). This allows the driver to work with older java installations.
+  see also https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/bootclasspath_older_source for details on the error message w.r.t rt.jar 
+  to get around this issue, the -Xlint:-options compiler option has also been addded.
+  2013-04-17, hannes@cwi.nl
+
+  Update: cross-compile for JVM 1.7 since 1.5 and 1.6 are both long
+  since EOL.
+  2015-07-16, sjoerd@acm.org
+
+  -->
+  <property name="jvm.version"               value="1.7" />
+  <property name="javac.flags"               value="-Xlint:-options" />
+
+  <!-- full target -->
+  <target name="all">
+    <antcall target="distjdbc" />
+
+    <antcall target="distmerocontrol" />
+
+    <antcall target="doc" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="distall">
+    <antcall target="distjdbc" />
+    <antcall target="distmerocontrol" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="default">
+    <antcall target="jar_jdbcclient" />
+    <antcall target="jar_jmonetdb" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="distjdbc">
+    <antcall target="jar_jdbc" />
+    <antcall target="jar_mcl" />
+    <antcall target="jar_jdbcclient" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="distmerocontrol">
+    <antcall target="jar_mero_control" />
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- jar targets -->
+  <target name="jar_jdbc" depends="compile_mcl,compile_jdbc"
+    unless="uptodate.jdbc-jar">
+    <echo file="${builddir}/META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver" append="false">nl.cwi.monetdb.jdbc.MonetDriver</echo>
+    <jar jarfile="${jdbc-jar}">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver" />
+      </fileset>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="jar_mcl" depends="compile_mcl">
+    <jar jarfile="${mcl-jar}">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.class" />
+      </fileset>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="jar_client" depends="compile_util,compile_client">
+    <jar jarfile="${jardir}/monetdb-clients.jar">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${util-package}/**/*.class" />
+      </fileset>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- a convenience jar of JDBC plus the JdbcClient utililty -->
+  <target name="jar_jdbcclient"
+    depends="compile_mcl,compile_jdbc,compile_util,compile_client"
+    unless="uptodate.jdbcclient-jar">
+    <echo message="Building JDBC + JdbcClient convenience jar" />
+    <jar jarfile="${jdbcclient-jar}">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${util-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver" />
+      </fileset>
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}" />
+        <attribute name="Main-Class" value="nl.cwi.monetdb.client.JdbcClient" />
+      </manifest>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- a convenience jar of MeroControl plus the JMonetDB utility -->
+  <target name="jar_jmonetdb"
+    depends="compile_mcl,compile_util,compile_mero_control,compile_client"
+    unless="uptodate.jmonetdb-jar">
+    <echo message="Building MeroControl + JmonetDB convenience jar" />
+    <jar jarfile="${jmonetdb-jar}">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.class" />
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/JMonetDB.class" />
+        <include name="${util-package}/**/*.class" />
+      </fileset>
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}" />
+        <attribute name="Main-Class" value="nl.cwi.monetdb.client.JMonetDB" />
+      </manifest>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="jar_mero_control"
+    depends="compile_mcl,compile_mero_control">
+    <jar jarfile="${mero-control-jar}">
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}">
+        <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.class" />
+      </fileset>
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}" />
+      </manifest>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- compile targets -->
+  <target name="compile_jdbc" depends="prepare,driver">
+    <echo message="Compiling JDBC driver" />
+    <javac
+      classpath="${srcdir}"
+      destdir="${builddir}"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      optimize="${optimize}"
+      includeantruntime="false"
+      source="${jvm.version}"
+      target="${jvm.version}"
+      >
+      <src path="${srcdir}" />
+      <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+      <compilerarg line="${javac.flags}" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile_mcl" depends="prepare">
+    <echo message="Compiling MCL" />
+    <javac
+      classpath="${srcdir}"
+      srcdir="${srcdir}"
+      destdir="${builddir}"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      optimize="${optimize}"
+      includeantruntime="false"
+      source="${jvm.version}"
+      target="${jvm.version}"
+      >
+      <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+      <compilerarg line="${javac.flags}" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile_client" depends="prepare">
+    <echo message="Compiling Clients" />
+    <javac
+      classpath="${srcdir}"
+      srcdir="${srcdir}"
+      destdir="${builddir}"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      optimize="${optimize}"
+      includeantruntime="false"
+      source="${jvm.version}"
+      target="${jvm.version}"
+      >
+      <include name="${client-package}/**/*.java" />
+      <compilerarg line="${javac.flags}" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile_util" depends="prepare">
+    <echo message="Compiling Utilities" />
+    <javac
+      classpath="${srcdir}"
+      srcdir="${srcdir}"
+      destdir="${builddir}"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      optimize="${optimize}"
+      includeantruntime="false"
+      source="${jvm.version}"
+      target="${jvm.version}"
+      >
+      <include name="${util-package}/**/*.java" />
+      <compilerarg line="${javac.flags}" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile_mero_control" depends="prepare">
+    <echo message="Compiling Merovingian Control library" />
+    <javac
+      classpath="${srcdir}"
+      srcdir="${srcdir}"
+      destdir="${builddir}"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      optimize="${optimize}"
+      includeantruntime="false"
+      source="${jvm.version}"
+      target="${jvm.version}"
+      >
+      <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.java" />
+      <compilerarg line="${javac.flags}" />
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <!--
+  This generates MonetDriver.java from its ".java.in" equivalents.  It's
+  required for importing the driver version properties.
+  -->
+  <target name="driver" depends="prepare" unless="uptodate.drivers">
+    <tstamp>
+      <format property="TODAY" pattern="yyyyMMdd" />
+    </tstamp>
+
+    <!-- Some defaults -->
+    <filter token="JDBC_MAJOR" value="${JDBC_MAJOR}" />
+    <filter token="JDBC_MINOR" value="${JDBC_MINOR}" />
+    <filter token="MCL_MAJOR" value="${MCL_MAJOR}" />
+    <filter token="MCL_MINOR" value="${MCL_MINOR}" />
+    <filter token="JDBC_DEF_PORT" value="${JDBC_DEF_PORT}" />
+    <filter token="JDBC_VER_SUFFIX" value="${JDBC_VER_SUFFIX} ${TODAY}" />
+
+    <fail unless="JDBC_MAJOR" message="'JDBC_MAJOR' undefined. Please follow the directions in build.properties."/>
+    <fail unless="JDBC_MINOR" message="'JDBC_MINOR' undefined. Please follow the directions in build.properties."/>
+    <fail unless="JDBC_DEF_PORT" message="'JDBC_DEF_PORT' undefined. Please follow the directions in build.properties."/>
+    <fail unless="JDBC_VER_SUFFIX" message="'JDBC_VER_SUFFIX' undefined. Please follow the directions in build.properties."/>
+
+    <!-- now copy and filter the file -->
+  	<copy file="${srcdir}/${jdbc-package}/MonetDriver.java.in"
+  	  overwrite="true"
+  	  tofile="${srcdir}/${jdbc-package}/MonetDriver.java"
+  	  filtering="yes" />
+
+    <echo message="Configured build for the ${JDBC_MAJOR}.${JDBC_MINOR} (${JDBC_VER_SUFFIX}) edition driver" />
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- Prepares the build directory and sets some variables -->
+  <!-- checks whether regeneration of files is necessary -->
+  <target name="prepare">
+    <condition property="debug" value="true">
+      <equals arg1="${enable_debug}" arg2="true" casesensitive="false" trim="true" />
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="debug" value="false">
+      <not>
+        <equals arg1="${enable_debug}" arg2="true" casesensitive="false" trim="true" />
+      </not>
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="optimize" value="true">
+      <equals arg1="${enable_optimize}" arg2="true" casesensitive="false" trim="true" />
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="optimize" value="false">
+      <not>
+        <equals arg1="${enable_optimize}" arg2="true" casesensitive="false" trim="true" />
+      </not>
+    </condition>
+
+    <uptodate targetfile="${jdbc-jar}" property="uptodate.jdbc-jar">
+      <srcfiles dir="${srcdir}">
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+      </srcfiles>
+    </uptodate>
+    <uptodate targetfile="${jdbcclient-jar}" property="uptodate.jdbcclient-jar">
+      <srcfiles dir="${srcdir}">
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+      </srcfiles>
+    </uptodate>
+    <uptodate targetfile="${jmonetdb-jar}" property="uptodate.jmonetdb-jar">
+      <srcfiles dir="${srcdir}">
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+      </srcfiles>
+    </uptodate>
+    <condition property="uptodate.drivers">
+      <and>
+        <uptodate targetfile="${builddir}/src/${jdbc-package}/MonetDriver.java">
+          <srcfiles dir="${srcdir}">
+            <include name="build.properties" />
+            <include name="build.local.properties" />
+            <include name="${jdbc-package}/MonetDriver.java.in" />
+            <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+          </srcfiles>
+        </uptodate>
+      </and>
+    </condition>
+
+    <mkdir dir="${builddir}" />
+    <mkdir dir="${jardir}" />
+    <echo message="Debug is ${debug}, optimise is ${optimize}" />
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- This target removes the build, jar and doc directories -->
+  <target name="clean">
+    <delete quiet="true" dir="${builddir}" />
+    <delete quiet="true" dir="${jardir}" />
+    <delete quiet="true" dir="${docdir}" />
+  </target>
+
+
+  <!-- documentation target -->
+  <target name="doc"
+    depends="compile_mcl,compile_jdbc,compile_util,compile_client,compile_mero_control">
+    <javadoc
+      destdir="${docdir}"
+      author="true"
+      version="true"
+      use="true"
+      windowtitle="MonetDB Java APIs">
+
+      <fileset dir="${srcdir}" defaultexcludes="yes">
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${util-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.java" />
+      </fileset>
+
+      <fileset dir="${builddir}/src" defaultexcludes="yes">
+        <include name="${jdbc-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mcl-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${client-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${util-package}/**/*.java" />
+        <include name="${mero-control-package}/**/*.java" />
+      </fileset>
+    </javadoc>
+  </target>
+
+</project>