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+<project name="libfb303" default="dist" basedir="..">
+
+  <!-- project wide settings. All directories relative to basedir -->
+  <property name="src.dir" value="java"/>
+  <property name="if.dir" value="if"/>
+  <property name="thrift_home" value="/usr/local"/>
+
+  <!-- temp build directories -->
+  <property name="build.dir" value="${src.dir}/build"/>
+  <property name="build.classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="build.lib.dir" value="${build.dir}/lib"/>
+
+  <!-- final distribution directories -->
+  <property name="dist.dir" value="/usr/local"/>
+  <property name="dist.lib.dir" value="${dist.dir}/lib"/>
+
+  <!-- make temporary and distribution directories -->
+  <target name="prepare">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${build.lib.dir}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${dist.lib.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- generate fb303 thrift code -->
+  <target name="thriftbuild">
+    <echo>generating thrift fb303 files</echo>
+    <exec executable="${thrift_home}/bin/thrift"  failonerror="true">
+      <arg line="--gen java -I ${thrift_home}/share/  -o ${build.dir} ${src.dir}/../if/fb303.thrift" />
+    </exec>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- compile the base and thrift generated code and jar them -->
+  <target name="dist" depends="prepare,thriftbuild">
+    <echo>Building libfb303.jar .... </echo>
+    <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.classes.dir}" debug="on">
+      <classpath>
+        <pathelement location="${thrift_home}/lib/libthrift.jar"/>
+      </classpath>
+      <include name="*.java"/>
+      <include name="${build.dir}/gen-java/com/facebook/fb303"/>
+    </javac>
+    <jar jarfile="${build.lib.dir}/libfb303.jar" basedir="${build.classes.dir}">
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- copy the build jar to the distribution library directory -->
+  <target name="install" depends="dist">
+    <copy todir="${dist.lib.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${build.lib.dir}" includes="libfb303.jar"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="clean">
+    <echo>Cleaning old stuff .... </echo>
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}/classes/com"/>
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}/lib"/>
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+    <delete dir="${dist.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+</project>