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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+EXTRA_DIST = build.xml ivy.xml src test
+
+all-local:
+	$(ANT)
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	$(ANT) install -Dinstall.path=$(DESTDIR)$(JAVA_PREFIX) \
+		-Dinstall.javadoc.path=$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/java
+
+# Make sure this doesn't fail if ant is not configured.
+clean-local:
+	ANT=$(ANT) ; if test -z "$$ANT" ; then ANT=: ; fi ; \
+	$$ANT clean
+
+check-local: all
+	$(ANT) test
+