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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+# Alexander Afanasyev, 2013
+
+from waflib.Task import Task
+from waflib.TaskGen import extension 
+
+"""
+A simple tool to integrate zeroc ICE into your build system.
+
+    def configure(conf):
+        conf.load('compiler_cxx cxx ice_cxx')
+
+    def build(bld):
+        bld(
+                features = 'cxx cxxprogram'
+                source   = 'main.cpp file1.ice', 
+                include  = '.',
+                target   = 'executable') 
+
+"""
+
+class ice_cxx(Task):
+        run_str = '${SLICE2CPP} --header-ext ice.h --source-ext ice.cc --output-dir ${SRC[0].parent.get_bld().abspath()}  ${SRC[0].abspath()}'
+	color   = 'BLUE'
+	ext_out = ['.ice.h', '.ice.cc']
+
+@extension('.ice')
+def process_protoc(self, node):
+	cpp_node = node.change_ext('.ice.cc')
+	hpp_node = node.change_ext('.ice.h')
+	self.create_task('ice_cxx', node, [cpp_node, hpp_node])
+	self.source.append(cpp_node)
+
+	use = getattr(self, 'use', '')
+	if not 'ICE' in use:
+		self.use = self.to_list(use) + ['ICE']
+
+ICE_PATHS = ['/usr', '/usr/local', '/opt/local', '/sw']
+
+def options(opt):
+        opt.add_option('--ice',action='store',dest='ICE_PATH',help='''path to ZeroC installation''')
+        
+
+def configure(conf):
+        # conf.check_cfg(package="", uselib_store="PROTOBUF", args=['--cflags', '--libs'])
+        if conf.options.ICE_PATH:
+                conf.find_program('slice2cpp', var='SLICE2CPP', path_list="%s/bin" % conf.options.ICE_PATH, mandatory=True)
+        else:
+                conf.find_program('slice2cpp', var='SLICE2CPP', path_list=["%s/bin" % path for path in ICE_PATHS], mandatory=True)
+        
+        conf.env['LIB_ICE'] = ["ZeroCIce", "IceUtil"]
+        # self.env['LIBPATH_ICE'] = ""
+        # self.env['CXXFLAGS_ICE'] = ""
+	
+