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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+
+"""This file generates project.xml and lint.xml files used to drive the Android Lint CLI tool."""
+
+import argparse
+
+
+def check_action(check_type):
+  """
+  Returns an action that appends a tuple of check_type and the argument to the dest.
+  """
+  class CheckAction(argparse.Action):
+    def __init__(self, option_strings, dest, nargs=None, **kwargs):
+      if nargs is not None:
+        raise ValueError("nargs must be None, was %s" % nargs)
+      super(CheckAction, self).__init__(option_strings, dest, **kwargs)
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+      checks = getattr(namespace, self.dest, [])
+      checks.append((check_type, values))
+      setattr(namespace, self.dest, checks)
+  return CheckAction
+
+
+def parse_args():
+  """Parse commandline arguments."""
+
+  def convert_arg_line_to_args(arg_line):
+    for arg in arg_line.split():
+      if arg.startswith('#'):
+        return
+      if not arg.strip():
+        continue
+      yield arg
+
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(fromfile_prefix_chars='@')
+  parser.convert_arg_line_to_args = convert_arg_line_to_args
+  parser.add_argument('--project_out', dest='project_out',
+                      help='file to which the project.xml contents will be written.')
+  parser.add_argument('--config_out', dest='config_out',
+                      help='file to which the lint.xml contents will be written.')
+  parser.add_argument('--name', dest='name',
+                      help='name of the module.')
+  parser.add_argument('--srcs', dest='srcs', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing whitespace separated list of source files.')
+  parser.add_argument('--generated_srcs', dest='generated_srcs', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing whitespace separated list of generated source files.')
+  parser.add_argument('--resources', dest='resources', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing whitespace separated list of resource files.')
+  parser.add_argument('--classes', dest='classes', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing the module\'s classes.')
+  parser.add_argument('--classpath', dest='classpath', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing classes from dependencies.')
+  parser.add_argument('--extra_checks_jar', dest='extra_checks_jars', action='append', default=[],
+                      help='file containing extra lint checks.')
+  parser.add_argument('--manifest', dest='manifest',
+                      help='file containing the module\'s manifest.')
+  parser.add_argument('--merged_manifest', dest='merged_manifest',
+                      help='file containing merged manifest for the module and its dependencies.')
+  parser.add_argument('--library', dest='library', action='store_true',
+                      help='mark the module as a library.')
+  parser.add_argument('--test', dest='test', action='store_true',
+                      help='mark the module as a test.')
+  parser.add_argument('--cache_dir', dest='cache_dir',
+                      help='directory to use for cached file.')
+  group = parser.add_argument_group('check arguments', 'later arguments override earlier ones.')
+  group.add_argument('--fatal_check', dest='checks', action=check_action('fatal'), default=[],
+                     help='treat a lint issue as a fatal error.')
+  group.add_argument('--error_check', dest='checks', action=check_action('error'), default=[],
+                     help='treat a lint issue as an error.')
+  group.add_argument('--warning_check', dest='checks', action=check_action('warning'), default=[],
+                     help='treat a lint issue as a warning.')
+  group.add_argument('--disable_check', dest='checks', action=check_action('ignore'), default=[],
+                     help='disable a lint issue.')
+  return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+class NinjaRspFileReader:
+  """
+  Reads entries from a Ninja rsp file.  Ninja escapes any entries in the file that contain a
+  non-standard character by surrounding the whole entry with single quotes, and then replacing
+  any single quotes in the entry with the escape sequence '\''.
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self, filename):
+    self.f = open(filename, 'r')
+    self.r = self.character_reader(self.f)
+
+  def __iter__(self):
+    return self
+
+  def character_reader(self, f):
+    """Turns a file into a generator that returns one character at a time."""
+    while True:
+      c = f.read(1)
+      if c:
+        yield c
+      else:
+        return
+
+  def __next__(self):
+    entry = self.read_entry()
+    if entry:
+      return entry
+    else:
+      raise StopIteration
+
+  def read_entry(self):
+    c = next(self.r, "")
+    if not c:
+      return ""
+    elif c == "'":
+      return self.read_quoted_entry()
+    else:
+      entry = c
+      for c in self.r:
+        if c == " " or c == "\n":
+          break
+        entry += c
+      return entry
+
+  def read_quoted_entry(self):
+    entry = ""
+    for c in self.r:
+      if c == "'":
+        # Either the end of the quoted entry, or the beginning of an escape sequence, read the next
+        # character to find out.
+        c = next(self.r)
+        if not c or c == " " or c == "\n":
+          # End of the item
+          return entry
+        elif c == "\\":
+          # Escape sequence, expect a '
+          c = next(self.r)
+          if c != "'":
+            # Malformed escape sequence
+            raise "malformed escape sequence %s'\\%s" % (entry, c)
+          entry += "'"
+        else:
+          raise "malformed escape sequence %s'%s" % (entry, c)
+      else:
+        entry += c
+    raise "unterminated quoted entry %s" % entry
+
+
+def write_project_xml(f, args):
+  test_attr = "test='true' " if args.test else ""
+
+  f.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n")
+  f.write("<project>\n")
+  f.write("  <module name='%s' android='true' %sdesugar='full' >\n" % (args.name, "library='true' " if args.library else ""))
+  if args.manifest:
+    f.write("    <manifest file='%s' %s/>\n" % (args.manifest, test_attr))
+  if args.merged_manifest:
+    f.write("    <merged-manifest file='%s' %s/>\n" % (args.merged_manifest, test_attr))
+  for src_file in args.srcs:
+    for src in NinjaRspFileReader(src_file):
+      f.write("    <src file='%s' %s/>\n" % (src, test_attr))
+  for src_file in args.generated_srcs:
+    for src in NinjaRspFileReader(src_file):
+      f.write("    <src file='%s' generated='true' %s/>\n" % (src, test_attr))
+  for res_file in args.resources:
+    for res in NinjaRspFileReader(res_file):
+      f.write("    <resource file='%s' %s/>\n" % (res, test_attr))
+  for classes in args.classes:
+    f.write("    <classes jar='%s' />\n" % classes)
+  for classpath in args.classpath:
+    f.write("    <classpath jar='%s' />\n" % classpath)
+  for extra in args.extra_checks_jars:
+    f.write("    <lint-checks jar='%s' />\n" % extra)
+  f.write("  </module>\n")
+  if args.cache_dir:
+    f.write("  <cache dir='%s'/>\n" % args.cache_dir)
+  f.write("</project>\n")
+
+
+def write_config_xml(f, args):
+  f.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n")
+  f.write("<lint>\n")
+  for check in args.checks:
+    f.write("  <issue id='%s' severity='%s' />\n" % (check[1], check[0]))
+  f.write("</lint>\n")
+
+
+def main():
+  """Program entry point."""
+  args = parse_args()
+
+  if args.project_out:
+    with open(args.project_out, 'w') as f:
+      write_project_xml(f, args)
+
+  if args.config_out:
+    with open(args.config_out, 'w') as f:
+      write_config_xml(f, args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()