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-<!-- build configuration -->
-<project name="vilya tests" default="compile" basedir=".">
-
-  <!-- things you may want to change -->
-  <property name="junit.fork"     value="true"/>
-
-  <!-- things you probably don't want to change -->
-  <property name="test.dir"   value="."/>
-  <property name="src.dir"    value="src/java"/>
-  <property name="deploy.dir" value="dist"/>
-
-  <!-- import some targets to check dependency availability -->
-  <import file="../etc/depends-incl.xml"/>
-
-  <!-- declare our classpath -->
-  <property name="classes.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
-  <property name="vilya.classes.dir" value="../${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
-  <path id="classpath">
-    <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <pathelement location="${vilya.classes.dir}"/>
-    <fileset dir="../${deploy.dir}/lib" includes="**/*.jar"/>
-  </path>
-
-  <!-- generates additional methods for distributed object classes -->
-  <target name="gendobj" depends="prepare"> 
-    <taskdef name="dobj"
-             classname="com.threerings.presents.tools.GenDObjectTask"
-             classpathref="classpath"/>
-    <!-- make sure the dobject class files are all compiled -->
-    <javac srcdir="src/java" destdir="${classes.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-           debug="on" optimize="${build.optimize}" deprecation="on" source="1.5" target="1.5">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <include name="**/*Object.java"/>
-    </javac>
-    <!-- now generate the associated files -->
-    <dobj classpathref="classpath">
-      <fileset dir="src/java" includes="**/*Object.java"/>
-    </dobj>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- generates marshaller and dispatcher classes for all invocation -->
-  <!-- service declarations -->
-  <target name="genservice"> 
-    <taskdef name="service" classpathref="classpath"
-             classname="com.threerings.presents.tools.GenServiceTask"/>
-    <!-- make sure the service class files are all compiled -->
-    <javac srcdir="src/java" destdir="${classes.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-           debug="on" optimize="${build.optimize}" deprecation="on" source="1.5" target="1.5">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <include name="**/*Service.java"/>
-      <exclude name="**/InvocationService.java"/>
-    </javac>
-    <!-- now generate the associated files -->
-    <service header="lib/SOURCE_HEADER" classpathref="classpath">
-      <fileset dir="src/java" includes="**/*Service.java"/>
-    </service>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- generates sender and decoder classes for all invocation -->
-  <!-- receiver declarations -->
-  <target name="genreceiver"> 
-    <taskdef name="receiver" classpathref="classpath"
-             classname="com.threerings.presents.tools.GenReceiverTask"/>
-    <!-- make sure the receiver class files are all compiled -->
-    <javac srcdir="src/java" destdir="${classes.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-           debug="on" optimize="${build.optimize}" deprecation="on" source="1.5" target="1.5">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <include name="**/*Receiver.java"/>
-    </javac>
-    <!-- now generate the associated files -->
-    <receiver header="lib/SOURCE_HEADER" classpathref="classpath">
-      <fileset dir="src/java" includes="**/*Receiver.java"/>
-    </receiver>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- prepares the application directories -->
-  <target name="prepare">
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.properties"/>
-    </copy>
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}/rsrc">
-      <fileset dir="rsrc" includes="**/*"/>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- cleans out the installed application -->
-  <target name="clean">
-    <delete dir="${deploy.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- build the java class files -->
-  <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
-    <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-      debug="on" optimize="off" deprecation="on" source="1.5" target="1.5">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <exclude name="com/threerings/**/tools/xml/**" unless="build.xml"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- run the tests -->
-  <target name="test" depends="compile" description="Run the tests.">
-    <junit printsummary="no" haltonfailure="yes" fork="${junit.fork}">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <sysproperty key="test_dir" value="${test.dir}"/>
-      <sysproperty key="resource_dir" value="${test.dir}/rsrc"/>
-      <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
-      <batchtest>
-        <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-          <include name="**/*Test.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/xml/**/*Test.java" unless="build.xml"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-    </junit>
-  </target>
-</project>