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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.
+#
+
+THRIFT = $(top_srcdir)/compiler/cpp/thrift
+THRIFTCMD = $(THRIFT) --gen haxe -r
+THRIFTTEST = $(top_srcdir)/test/ThriftTest.thrift
+
+BIN_CPP = bin/Main-debug
+
+gen-haxe/thrift/test/ThriftTest.hx: $(THRIFTTEST)
+	$(THRIFTCMD) $(THRIFTTEST)
+
+all-local: $(BIN_CPP)
+
+$(BIN_CPP):    gen-haxe/thrift/test/ThriftTest.hx
+	$(HAXE) --cwd .  cpp.hxml
+
+
+#TODO: other haxe targets
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  csharp
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  flash
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  java
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  javascript
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  neko
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  php
+#    $(HAXE)  --cwd .  python  # needs Haxe 3.1.4
+
+
+clean-local:
+	$(RM) -r gen-haxe bin
+
+check: $(BIN_CPP)
+	$(BIN_CPP)
+