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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+'''
+
+When using this tool, the wscript will look like:
+
+	def options(opt):
+	        opt.tool_options('tinyxml', tooldir=["waf-tools"])
+
+	def configure(conf):
+		conf.load('compiler_cxx tiny')
+
+	def build(bld):
+		bld(source='main.cpp', target='app', use='TINYXML')
+
+Options are generated, in order to specify the location of tinyxml includes/libraries.
+
+
+'''
+import sys
+import re
+from waflib import Utils,Logs,Errors
+from waflib.Configure import conf
+TINYXML_DIR=['/usr','/usr/local','/opt/local','/sw']
+TINYXML_VERSION_FILE='tinyxml.h'
+TINYXML_VERSION_CODE='''
+#include <iostream>
+#include <tinyxml.h>
+int main() { std::cout << TIXML_MAJOR_VERSION << "." << TIXML_MINOR_VERSION << "." << TIXML_PATCH_VERSION; }
+'''
+
+def options(opt):
+	opt.add_option('--tinyxml',type='string',default='',dest='tinyxml_dir',help='''path to where TinyXML is installed, e.g. /usr/local''')
+@conf
+def __tinyxml_get_version_file(self,dir):
+	try:
+		return self.root.find_dir(dir).find_node('%s/%s' % ('include', TINYXML_VERSION_FILE))
+	except:
+		return None
+@conf
+def tinyxml_get_version(self,dir):
+	val=self.check_cxx(fragment=TINYXML_VERSION_CODE,includes=['%s/%s' % (dir, 'include')], execute=True, define_ret = True, mandatory=True)
+	return val
+@conf
+def tinyxml_get_root(self,*k,**kw):
+	root=k and k[0]or kw.get('path',None)
+	# Logs.pprint ('RED', '   %s' %root)
+	if root and self.__tinyxml_get_version_file(root):
+		return root
+	for dir in TINYXML_DIR:
+		if self.__tinyxml_get_version_file(dir):
+			return dir
+	if root:
+		self.fatal('TinyXML not found in %s'%root)
+	else:
+		self.fatal('TinyXML not found, please provide a --tinyxml argument (see help)')
+@conf
+def check_tinyxml(self,*k,**kw):
+	if not self.env['CXX']:
+		self.fatal('load a c++ compiler first, conf.load("compiler_cxx")')
+
+	var=kw.get('uselib_store','TINYXML')
+	self.start_msg('Checking TinyXML')
+	root = self.tinyxml_get_root(*k,**kw);
+	self.env.TINYXML_VERSION=self.tinyxml_get_version(root)
+
+	self.env['INCLUDES_%s'%var]= '%s/%s' % (root, "include");
+	self.env['LIB_%s'%var] = "tinyxml"
+	self.env['LIBPATH_%s'%var] = '%s/%s' % (root, "lib")
+
+	self.end_msg(self.env.TINYXML_VERSION)
+	if Logs.verbose:
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	TinyXML include : %s'%self.env['INCLUDES_%s'%var])
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	TinyXML lib     : %s'%self.env['LIB_%s'%var])
+		Logs.pprint('CYAN','	TinyXML libpath : %s'%self.env['LIBPATH_%s'%var])