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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project name="Hello" basedir="." default="jar">
+	<property name="project" value="Hello" />
+	<property name="package.name" value="example.hello" />
+	<property name="package.dir" value="example/hello" />
+	<property name="jar.file" value="bin/hello.jar" />
+	<property name="classpath.dir" value="/usr/local/lib/classes" />
+	<property name="www.dir" value="/var/www/localhost/htdocs/classes" />
+
+	<property name="distributable.exts"
+		value="**/*.class,**/*.gif,**/*.html,**/*.jar,**/*.jnlp,**/*.jpg,**/*.png" />
+	<path id="classpath">
+		<pathelement location="." />
+	</path>
+
+	<!-- Targets -->
+	<target name="clean">
+		<echo
+			message="deleting all class- and jar-files  in ${package.dir} tree" />
+		<delete>
+			<fileset dir="${package.dir}" includes="**/*.class" />
+			<fileset dir="." includes="**/*.*~" defaultexcludes="no" />
+		</delete>
+
+		<delete file="${jar.file}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="compile">
+		<echo message="compiling ${package.dir} tree." />
+		<javac source="1.5" target="1.5" srcdir="${package.dir}"
+			sourcepath="${basedir}" debug="on">
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</javac>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="jar" depends="compile">
+		<property environment="env" />
+		<jar destfile="${jar.file}" basedir="${basedir}"
+			includes="example/"
+			manifest="${project}.manifest" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="post" depends="jar">
+		<signjar jar="${jar.file}" alias="spectre" storepass="${env.jsp}" />
+		<copy file="${jar.file}" todir="${www.dir}"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="client" depends="compile">
+		<java classname="${package.name}.Client"
+			failonerror="true" fork="yes">
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="server" depends="compile">
+		<java classname="${package.name}.Server"
+			failonerror="true" fork="yes">
+			<classpath refid="classpath" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+</project>