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-<project name="ImageJ-HDF Plugin" default="dist" basedir=".">
-    <description>
-        "Build file for ImageJ-HDF Plugin"
-    </description>
-  <!-- set global properties for this build -->
-  <property name="src" location="src"/>
-  <property name="build" location="build"/>
-  <property name="dist"  location="dist"/>
-  <property environment="env"/>
-
-  <!-- set class path properties for this build -->
-  <path id="project.class.path">
-    <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
-    <fileset dir="hdf-java">
-      <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-    </fileset>
-    <filelist refid="third-party_jars"/>
-  </path>
-
-  <!-- Set the path for the hdf-java library -->
-  <path id="lib.hdf.path">
-    <fileset dir="hdf-java" includes="*.jar"/>
-  </path>
-  
-  <!-- Check if IJCLASSPATH is set -->
-  <fail message="You have to set $IJCLASSPATH / %IJCLASSPATH% before
-		 running Ant!">
-    <condition>
-      <not>
-	<isset property="env.IJCLASSPATH"/>
-      </not>
-    </condition>
-  </fail>
-
-  <target name="init">
-    <!-- Create the time stamp -->
-    <tstamp/>
-    <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
-    <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- Compile the java code -->
-  <target name="compile" depends="init"
-          description="compile the source " >
-    <!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
-    <javac 
-       srcdir="${src}" 
-       destdir="${build}"
-       source="1.6"
-       target="1.6"
-       includeantruntime="false"
-       classpath="${toString:lib.hdf.path}:${env.IJCLASSPATH}">
-      <compilerarg value="-Xlint:all -deprecation"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- Build the plugin jar file -->
-  <target name="buildjar" depends="compile"
-          description="generate the distribution" >
-    <!-- Create the distribution directory -->
-    <mkdir dir="${dist}/plugins"/>
-    <!-- Put everything in one jar file -->
-    <jar jarfile="${dist}/plugins/imagej-hdf-${DSTAMP}_.jar">
-      <fileset dir="" includes="plugins.config,README"/>
-      <fileset dir="${build}" includes="*.class"/>
-      <zipgroupfileset dir="hdf-java" includes="*.jar" /> 
-    </jar>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- Create on zip file including all libraries -->
-  <target name="dist" depends="buildjar"
-          description="generate the distribution" >
-    <!-- Copy the c libraries to the distribution directory -->
-    <copy todir="${dist}/lib">
-      <fileset dir="hdf-java/lib">
-	<Exclude name="**/*.java"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-    <!-- zip everything in one file -->
-    <zip zipfile="${dist}/imagej-hdf-${DSTAMP}.zip">
-      <fileset dir="" includes="README"/>
-      <fileset dir="${dist}"/>
-    </zip>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- Clean everything -->
-  <target name="clean"
-          description="clean up" >
-    <!-- Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees -->
-    <delete dir="${build}"/>
-    <delete dir="${dist}"/>
-  </target>
-
-</project>