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+//
+// $Id$
+//
+// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
+// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+package com.threerings.jme.tools;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import com.jme.app.SimpleGame;
+import com.jme.renderer.lwjgl.LWJGLRenderer;
+import com.jme.system.DisplaySystem;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.AseToJme;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.FormatConverter;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.MaxToJme;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.Md2ToJme;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.Md3ToJme;
+import com.jmex.model.XMLparser.Converters.ObjToJme;
+
+/**
+ * A tool for converting various 3D model formats into JME's internal
+ * format.
+ */
+public class ConvertModel extends SimpleGame
+{
+    public static void main (String[] args)
+    {
+        if (args.length < 2) {
+            System.err.println("Usage: ConvertModel source.ext dest.jme");
+            System.exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        ConvertModel app = new ConvertModel();
+        app._source = new File(args[0]);
+        app._target = new File(args[1]);
+
+        app.setDialogBehaviour(
+            SimpleGame.FIRSTRUN_OR_NOCONFIGFILE_SHOW_PROPS_DIALOG);
+        app.start();
+    }
+
+    protected void simpleInitGame ()
+    {
+        String path = _source.getPath().toLowerCase();
+        String type = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+
+        // set up our converter
+        FormatConverter convert = null;
+        if (type.equals("obj")) {
+            convert = new ObjToJme();
+            try {
+                convert.setProperty("mtllib", new URL("file:" + _source));
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.err.println("Failed to create material URL: " + e);
+                System.exit(-1);
+            }
+        } else if (type.equals("3ds")) {
+            convert = new MaxToJme();
+        } else if (type.equals("md2")) {
+            convert = new Md2ToJme();
+        } else if (type.equals("md3")) {
+            convert = new Md3ToJme();
+        } else if (type.equals("ase")) {
+            convert = new AseToJme();
+        } else {
+            System.err.println("Unknown model type '" + type + "'.");
+            System.exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        // and do the deed
+        try {
+            BufferedOutputStream bout = new BufferedOutputStream(
+                new FileOutputStream(_target));
+            BufferedInputStream bin = new BufferedInputStream(
+                new FileInputStream(_source));
+            convert.convert(bin, bout);
+            bout.close();
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            System.err.println("Error converting '" + _source +
+                               "' to '" + _target + "'.");
+            ioe.printStackTrace(System.err);
+            System.exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        finish();
+    }
+
+    protected File _source, _target;
+}