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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project basedir="." default="all">
+	
+	<property file="build.properties.local" />
+	<property file="build.properties" />
+	<taskdef name="jscomp" classname="com.google.javascript.jscomp.ant.CompileTask" classpath="${jscompiler}" />
+
+	<target name="merge">
+    	<concat destfile="${basedir}/../../build/shapes.js" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
+    		<fileset dir="${war.dir}/shapes" includes="**/*.js"/>
+    		<fileset dir="${war.dir}/stencils" includes="**/*.js"/>
+    	</concat>
+    	
+		<java fork="false" classname="Xml2Js" classpath=".">
+			<arg value="../../src/main/webapp/stencils"/>
+			<arg value="../../src/main/webapp/js/stencils.min.js"/>
+		</java>
+		
+		<jscomp compilationLevel="simple" debug="false" forceRecompile="true" output="${war.dir}/js/shapes-14-6-5.min.js">
+			<sources dir="${basedir}/../../build">
+				<file name="shapes.js" />
+			</sources>
+		</jscomp>
+		
+		<tstamp>
+      		<format property="time.stamp" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa" unit="hour"/>
+  		</tstamp>
+		
+		<delete dir="${basedir}/../../build"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="app" depends="merge">
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="atlas" depends="app">
+		<concat destfile="${war.dir}/js/atlas-viewer.min.js" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
+			<file name="${basedir}/base-viewer.min.js" />
+			<file name="${war.dir}/js/orgchart.min.js" />
+    	</concat>
+
+		<jscomp compilationLevel="simple" debug="false" forceRecompile="true" output="${basedir}/.tmp0.js">
+			<sources dir="${war.dir}/connect/common/js">
+				<file name="mxReader.js" />
+			</sources>
+		</jscomp>
+
+	    <concat destfile="${war.dir}/js/atlas.min.js" fixlastline="yes" append="no">
+			<file name="${basedir}/base.min.js" />
+			<file name="${war.dir}/js/extensions.min.js" />
+			<file name="${basedir}/.tmp0.js" />
+    	</concat>
+
+		<delete file="${basedir}/.tmp0.js"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="integrate" depends="atlas">
+		<copy file="${war.dir}/js/atlas.min.js" tofile="${war.dir}/js/integrate.min.js" overwrite="true"/>
+
+		<jscomp compilationLevel="simple" debug="false" forceRecompile="true" output="${basedir}/.tmp0.js">
+			<sources dir="${basedir}/../integrate">
+				<file name="Integrate.js" />
+			</sources>
+		</jscomp>
+		
+	    <concat destfile="${war.dir}/js/integrate.min.js" fixlastline="yes" append="yes">
+			<file name="${war.dir}/js/shapes-14-6-5.min.js" />
+    		<file name="${war.dir}/js/stencils.min.js" />
+    		<file name="${basedir}/.tmp0.js" />
+   		</concat>
+
+		<delete file="${basedir}/.tmp0.js"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="all" depends="integrate">
+		<delete file="${war.dir}/js/atlas-viewer.min.js"/>
+		<delete file="${war.dir}/js/atlas.min.js"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- ================== Stand-alone war creation ============================= -->
+
+	<path id="javac.class.path">
+		<fileset dir="${war.dir}/WEB-INF/lib" />
+	</path>
+
+	<target name="javac" description="Java compilation">
+		<mkdir dir="${javac.dir}"/>
+		<javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${javac.dir}">
+			<classpath refid="javac.class.path" />
+		</javac>
+		<copy todir="${javac.dir}" file="${src.dir}/log4j.properties" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean" description="Cleans build directories">
+		<delete dir="${javac.dir}"/>
+		<delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+		<delete file="${basedir}/base.min.js"/>
+		<delete file="${basedir}/base-viewer.min.js"/>
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="war" depends="app, javac" description="Create the stand-alone war file">
+		<zip destfile="${build.dir}/${war.name}" basedir="${war.dir}" >
+		</zip>
+	</target>
+
+</project>