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+package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.jsp;
+
+//apache/ant imports
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.MatchingTask;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+
+
+//java imports
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+/**
+ * Class to precompile JSP's using weblogic's jsp compiler (weblogic.jspc)
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:avik@aviksengupta.com">Avik Sengupta</a> http://www.webteksoftware.com
+ * 
+ * Tested only on Weblogic 4.5.1 - NT4.0 and Solaris 5.7
+ * 
+ * required attributes
+ *      src : root of source tree for JSP, ie, the document root for your weblogic server
+ *      dest : root of destination directory, what you have set as WorkingDir in the weblogic properties
+ *      package : start package name under which your JSP's would be compiled
+ * 
+ * other attributes
+ *     classpath
+ * 
+ * A classpath should be set which contains the weblogic classes as well as all application classes
+ * referenced by the JSP. The system classpath is also appended when the jspc is called, so you may 
+ * choose to put everything in the classpath while calling Ant. However, since presumably the JSP's will reference
+ * classes being build by Ant, it would be better to explicitly add the classpath in the task
+ * 
+ * The task checks timestamps on the JSP's and the generated classes, and compiles
+ * only those files that have changed. 
+ * 
+ * It follows the weblogic naming convention of putting classes in 
+ *  <b> _dirName/_fileName.class for dirname/fileName.jsp   </b>
+ * 
+ * Limitation: It compiles the files thru the Classic compiler only. 
+ * Limitation: Since it is my experience that weblogic jspc throws out of memory error on being given too
+ *             many files at one go, it is called multiple times with one jsp file each. 
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * example
+ * <target name="jspcompile" depends="compile">
+ *   <wljspc src="c:\\weblogic\\myserver\\public_html" dest="c:\\weblogic\\myserver\\serverclasses" package="myapp.jsp" >
+ *   <classpath>
+ *          <pathelement location="${weblogic.classpath}" />
+ *           <pathelement path="${compile.dest}" />
+ *      </classpath>
+ * 
+ *   </wljspc>
+ * </target>
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ */
+
+public class WLJspc extends MatchingTask
+{
+    //TODO Test on other versions of weblogic
+    //TODO add more attributes to the task, to take care of all jspc options
+    //TODO Test on Unix
+    
+    private File destinationDirectory; //root of compiled files tree
+    private File sourceDirectory; // root of source files tree
+    private String destinationPackage; //package under which resultant classes will reside
+    private Path compileClasspath; //classpath used to compile the jsp files. 
+    //private String compilerPath; //fully qualified name for the compiler executable
+    
+    private String pathToPackage = "";
+    private Vector filesToDo = new Vector();
+    
+    public void execute() throws BuildException {
+        if (!destinationDirectory.isDirectory()) {
+            throw new BuildException("destination directory " + destinationDirectory.getPath() + 
+                                     " is not valid");
+        }
+                               
+        if (!sourceDirectory.isDirectory()) {
+            throw new BuildException("src directory " + sourceDirectory.getPath() + 
+                                     " is not valid");
+        }
+
+        if (destinationPackage == null) {
+            throw new BuildException("package attribute must be present.", location);
+        }
+        
+        
+        String systemClassPath = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
+        
+        pathToPackage = this.destinationPackage.replace('.',File.separatorChar);
+        // get all the files in the sourceDirectory
+        DirectoryScanner ds = super.getDirectoryScanner(sourceDirectory);
+
+        //use the systemclasspath as well, to include the ant jar
+        if (compileClasspath == null) {
+            compileClasspath = new Path(project);
+        }
+        
+        compileClasspath.append(Path.systemClasspath);
+        String[] files = ds.getIncludedFiles();
+        
+        //Weblogic.jspc calls System.exit() ... have to fork
+        // Therefore, takes loads of time 
+        // Can pass directories at a time (*.jsp) but easily runs out of memory on hefty dirs 
+        // (even on  a Sun)
+        Java helperTask = (Java)project.createTask("java");
+        helperTask.setFork(true);
+        helperTask.setClassname("weblogic.jspc");
+        helperTask.setTaskName(getTaskName());
+        String[] args = new String[12];
+        
+        File jspFile = null;
+        String parents = "";
+        String arg = "";
+        int j=0;
+        //XXX  this array stuff is a remnant of prev trials.. gotta remove. 
+        args[j++] = "-d";
+        args[j++] = destinationDirectory.getAbsolutePath().trim(); 
+        args[j++] = "-docroot";
+        args[j++] = sourceDirectory.getAbsolutePath().trim();
+        args[j++] = "-keepgenerated";  //TODO: Parameterise ??
+        //Call compiler as class... dont want to fork again 
+        //Use classic compiler -- can be parameterised?
+        args[j++] =  "-compilerclass";
+        args[j++] = "sun.tools.javac.Main";
+        //Weblogic jspc does not seem to work unless u explicitly set this...
+        // Does not take the classpath from the env....
+        // Am i missing something about the Java task??
+        args[j++] = "-classpath";
+        args[j++] = compileClasspath.toString();
+            
+        this.scanDir(files);
+        log("Compiling "+filesToDo.size() + " JSP files");
+            
+        for (int i=0;i<filesToDo.size();i++) {
+            //XXX
+            // All this to get package according to weblogic standards
+            // Can be written better... this is too hacky! 
+            // Careful.. similar code in scanDir , but slightly different!!
+            jspFile = new File((String) filesToDo.elementAt(i));
+            args[j] = "-package";
+            parents = jspFile.getParent();
+            if ((parents != null)  && (!("").equals(parents))) {
+                parents =  this.replaceString(parents,File.separator,"_.");
+                args[j+1] = destinationPackage +"."+ "_"+parents;   
+            }else {
+                args[j+1] = destinationPackage;
+            }
+            
+            
+            args[j+2] =  sourceDirectory+File.separator+(String) filesToDo.elementAt(i);
+            arg="";
+            
+            for (int x=0;x<12;x++) {
+                arg += " "+ args[x];
+            }
+            
+            System.out.println("arg = " + arg);
+            
+            helperTask.clearArgs();
+            helperTask.setArgs(arg);
+            helperTask.setClasspath(compileClasspath);
+            if (helperTask.executeJava() != 0) {                         
+                log(files[i] + " failed to compile",Project.MSG_WARN) ;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the classpath to be used for this compilation.
+     * 
+     */
+    public void setClasspath(Path classpath) {
+        if (compileClasspath == null) {
+            compileClasspath = classpath;
+        } else {
+            compileClasspath.append(classpath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Maybe creates a nested classpath element.
+     */
+    public Path createClasspath() {
+        if (compileClasspath == null) {
+            compileClasspath = new Path(project);
+        }
+        return compileClasspath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the directory containing the source jsp's
+     * 
+     *
+     * @param dirName the directory containg the source jsp's
+     */
+    public void setSrc(File dirName) {
+        
+        sourceDirectory = dirName;
+    }
+    
+     /**
+     * Set the directory containing the source jsp's
+     * 
+     *
+     * @param dirName the directory containg the source jsp's
+     */
+    public void setDest(File dirName) {
+        
+        destinationDirectory = dirName;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the package under which the compiled classes go
+     * 
+     * @param packageName the package name for the clases
+     */
+    public void setPackage(String packageName) {
+        
+        destinationPackage=packageName; 
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+    protected void scanDir(String files[]) {
+
+        long now = (new Date()).getTime();
+        File jspFile = null;
+        String parents = null;
+        String pack = "";
+        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+            File srcFile = new File(this.sourceDirectory, files[i]);
+            //XXX
+            // All this to convert source to destination directory according to weblogic standards
+            // Can be written better... this is too hacky!
+            jspFile = new File(files[i]);
+            parents = jspFile.getParent();
+            int loc=0;
+            
+            if ((parents != null)  && (!("").equals(parents))) {
+                parents =  this.replaceString(parents,File.separator,"_/");
+                pack = pathToPackage +File.separator+ "_"+parents;  
+            }else {
+                pack = pathToPackage;
+            }
+            
+            String filePath = pack + File.separator + "_";
+            int startingIndex 
+                = files[i].lastIndexOf(File.separator) != -1 ? files[i].lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1 : 0;
+            int endingIndex = files[i].indexOf(".jsp");
+            if (endingIndex == -1) {
+                break;
+            }
+            
+            filePath += files[i].substring(startingIndex, endingIndex);
+            filePath += ".class";
+            File classFile = new File(this.destinationDirectory, filePath);
+
+            if (srcFile.lastModified() > now) {
+                log("Warning: file modified in the future: " +
+                    files[i], Project.MSG_WARN);
+            }
+            if (srcFile.lastModified() > classFile.lastModified()) {
+               //log("Files are" + srcFile.getAbsolutePath()+" " +classFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                filesToDo.addElement(files[i]);
+                log("Recompiling File "+files[i],Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    protected String replaceString(String inpString,String escapeChars,String replaceChars) {
+        String localString="";
+        int numTokens=0;
+        StringTokenizer st=new StringTokenizer(inpString,escapeChars,true);
+        numTokens=st.countTokens();
+        for(int i=0;i<numTokens;i++)
+        {
+            String test=st.nextToken();
+            test=(test.equals(escapeChars)?replaceChars:test);
+            localString+=test;
+        }
+        return localString;
+    }
+}