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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+VERSION='0.6.0'
+
+from waflib import Build, Logs, Utils, Task, TaskGen, Configure
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.add_option('--debug',action='store_true',default=False,dest='debug',help='''debugging mode''')
+    opt.add_option('--test', action='store_true',default=False,dest='_test',help='''build unit tests''')
+    opt.add_option('--log4cxx', action='store_true',default=False,dest='log4cxx',help='''Compile with log4cxx logging support''')
+
+    opt.load('compiler_c compiler_cxx boost ccnx doxygen gnu_dirs c_osx')
+    opt.load('tinyxml', tooldir=['waf-tools'])
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load("compiler_c compiler_cxx boost ccnx gnu_dirs tinyxml doxygen c_osx")
+
+    if conf.options.debug:
+        conf.define ('_DEBUG', 1)
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = ['-O0',
+                                                 '-Wall',
+                                                 '-Wno-unused-variable',
+                                                 '-g3',
+                                                 '-Wno-unused-private-field', # only clang supports
+                                                 '-fcolor-diagnostics',       # only clang supports
+                                                 '-Qunused-arguments'         # only clang supports
+                                                 ])
+    else:
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = ['-O3', '-g'])
+
+    # if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
+    #     conf.check_cxx(framework_name='Foundation', uselib_store='OSX_FOUNDATION', mandatory=True, compile_filename='test.mm')
+    #     # conf.check_cxx(framework_name='AppKit',     uselib_store='OSX_APPKIT',     mandatory=True, compile_filename='test.mm')
+    #     conf.check_cxx(framework_name='Security',   uselib_store='OSX_SECURITY',   define_name='HAVE_SECURITY',
+    #                    use="OSX_FOUNDATION", mandatory=True, compile_filename='test.mm')
+
+    conf.define ("NDN_CXX_VERSION", VERSION)
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libevent', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LIBEVENT', mandatory=True)
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libevent_pthreads', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LIBEVENT_PTHREADS', mandatory=True)
+
+    if not conf.check_cfg(package='openssl', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='SSL', mandatory=False):
+        libcrypto = conf.check_cc(lib='crypto',
+                                  header_name='openssl/crypto.h',
+                                  define_name='HAVE_SSL',
+                                  uselib_store='SSL')
+    else:
+        conf.define ("HAVE_SSL", 1)
+    if not conf.get_define ("HAVE_SSL"):
+        conf.fatal ("Cannot find SSL libraries")
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package="libcrypto",  args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='CRYPTO', mandatory=True)
+
+    if conf.options.log4cxx:
+        conf.check_cfg(package='liblog4cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='LOG4CXX', mandatory=True)
+        conf.define ("HAVE_LOG4CXX", 1)
+
+    conf.check_tinyxml(path=conf.options.tinyxml_dir)
+    conf.check_doxygen(mandatory=False)
+
+    conf.check_boost(lib='system test iostreams filesystem thread date_time')
+
+    boost_version = conf.env.BOOST_VERSION.split('_')
+    if int(boost_version[0]) < 1 or int(boost_version[1]) < 46:
+        Logs.error ("Minumum required boost version is 1.46")
+        return
+
+    conf.check_ccnx (path=conf.options.ccnx_dir)
+
+    if conf.options._test:
+        conf.define ('_TESTS', 1)
+        conf.env.TEST = 1
+
+    conf.write_config_header('config.h')
+
+def build (bld):
+    executor = bld.objects (
+        target = "executor",
+        features = ["cxx"],
+        cxxflags = "-fPIC",
+        source = bld.path.ant_glob(['executor/**/*.cc']),
+        use = 'BOOST BOOST_THREAD LIBEVENT LIBEVENT_PTHREADS LOG4CXX',
+        includes = ".",
+        )
+
+    scheduler = bld.objects (
+        target = "scheduler",
+        features = ["cxx"],
+        cxxflags = "-fPIC",
+        source = bld.path.ant_glob(['scheduler/**/*.cc']),
+        use = 'BOOST BOOST_THREAD LIBEVENT LIBEVENT_PTHREADS LOG4CXX executor',
+        includes = ".",
+        )
+
+    libndn_cxx = bld (
+        target="ndn.cxx",
+        features=['cxx', 'cxxshlib'],
+        source = bld.path.ant_glob(['ndn.cxx/**/*.cpp', 'ndn.cxx/**/*.cc',
+                                    'logging.cc',
+                                    'libndn.cxx.pc.in']),
+        use = 'CRYPTO TINYXML BOOST BOOST_THREAD SSL CCNX LOG4CXX scheduler executor',
+        includes = ".",
+        )
+
+    # if Utils.unversioned_sys_platform () == "darwin":
+    #     libndn_cxx.mac_app = True
+    #     libndn_cxx.source += bld.path.ant_glob (['platforms/osx/**/*.mm'])
+    #     libndn_cxx.use += " OSX_FOUNDATION OSX_SECURITY"
+
+    # Unit tests
+    if bld.env['TEST']:
+      unittests = bld.program (
+          target="unit-tests",
+          features = "cxx cxxprogram",
+          defines = "WAF",
+          source = bld.path.ant_glob(['test/*.cc']),
+          use = 'BOOST_TEST BOOST_FILESYSTEM BOOST_DATE_TIME LOG4CXX ndn.cxx',
+          includes = ".",
+          install_prefix = None,
+          )
+
+    headers = bld.path.ant_glob(['ndn.cxx.h', 'ndn.cxx/**/*.h'])
+    bld.install_files("%s" % bld.env['INCLUDEDIR'], headers, relative_trick=True)
+
+@Configure.conf
+def add_supported_cxxflags(self, cxxflags):
+    """
+    Check which cxxflags are supported by compiler and add them to env.CXXFLAGS variable
+    """
+    self.start_msg('Checking allowed flags for c++ compiler')
+
+    supportedFlags = []
+    for flag in cxxflags:
+        if self.check_cxx (cxxflags=[flag], mandatory=False):
+            supportedFlags += [flag]
+
+    self.end_msg (' '.join (supportedFlags))
+    self.env.CXXFLAGS += supportedFlags
+
+
+# doxygen docs
+from waflib.Build import BuildContext
+class doxy (BuildContext):
+    cmd = "doxygen"
+    fun = "doxygen"
+
+def doxygen (bld):
+    if not bld.env.DOXYGEN:
+        bld.fatal ("ERROR: cannot build documentation (`doxygen' is not found in $PATH)")
+    bld (features="doxygen",
+         doxyfile='doc/doxygen.conf')
+
+# doxygen docs
+from waflib.Build import BuildContext
+class sphinx (BuildContext):
+    cmd = "sphinx"
+    fun = "sphinx"
+
+def sphinx (bld):
+    bld.load('sphinx_build', tooldir=['waf-tools'])
+
+    bld (features="sphinx",
+         outdir = "doc/html",
+         source = "doc/source/conf.py")
+
+
+@TaskGen.extension('.mm')
+def mm_hook(self, node):
+    """Alias .mm files to be compiled the same as .cc files, gcc will do the right thing."""
+    return self.create_compiled_task('cxx', node)