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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+
+package java
+
+// This file generates the final rules for compiling all Java.  All properties related to
+// compiling should have been translated into javaBuilderFlags or another argument to the Transform*
+// functions.
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
+
+	"android/soong/common"
+)
+
+var (
+	aaptCreateResourceJavaFile = pctx.StaticRule("aaptCreateResourceJavaFile",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command: `rm -rf "$javaDir" && mkdir -p "$javaDir" && ` +
+				`$aaptCmd package -m $aaptFlags -P $publicResourcesFile -G $proguardOptionsFile ` +
+				`-J $javaDir || ( rm -rf "$javaDir/*"; exit 41 ) && ` +
+				`find $javaDir -name "*.java" > $javaFileList`,
+			Description: "aapt create R.java $out",
+		},
+		"aaptFlags", "publicResourcesFile", "proguardOptionsFile", "javaDir", "javaFileList")
+
+	aaptCreateAssetsPackage = pctx.StaticRule("aaptCreateAssetsPackage",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command:     `$aaptCmd package $aaptFlags -F $out`,
+			Description: "aapt export package $out",
+		},
+		"aaptFlags", "publicResourcesFile", "proguardOptionsFile", "javaDir", "javaFileList")
+
+	aaptAddResources = pctx.StaticRule("aaptAddResources",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			// TODO: add-jni-shared-libs-to-package
+			Command:     `cp -f $in $out.tmp && $aaptCmd package -u $aaptFlags -F $out.tmp && mv $out.tmp $out`,
+			Description: "aapt package $out",
+		},
+		"aaptFlags")
+
+	zipalign = pctx.StaticRule("zipalign",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command:     `$zipalignCmd -f $zipalignFlags 4 $in $out`,
+			Description: "zipalign $out",
+		},
+		"zipalignFlags")
+
+	signapk = pctx.StaticRule("signapk",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command:     `java -jar $signapkCmd $certificates $in $out`,
+			Description: "signapk $out",
+		},
+		"certificates")
+
+	androidManifestMerger = pctx.StaticRule("androidManifestMerger",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command: "java -classpath $androidManifestMergerCmd com.android.manifmerger.Main merge " +
+				"--main $in --libs $libsManifests --out $out",
+			Description: "merge manifest files $out",
+		},
+		"libsManifests")
+)
+
+func init() {
+	pctx.StaticVariable("androidManifestMergerCmd", "${srcDir}/prebuilts/devtools/tools/lib/manifest-merger.jar")
+	pctx.VariableFunc("aaptCmd", func(c interface{}) (string, error) {
+		return c.(common.Config).HostBinTool("aapt")
+	})
+	pctx.VariableFunc("zipalignCmd", func(c interface{}) (string, error) {
+		return c.(common.Config).HostBinTool("zipalign")
+	})
+	pctx.VariableFunc("signapkCmd", func(c interface{}) (string, error) {
+		return c.(common.Config).HostJavaTool("signapk.jar")
+	})
+}
+
+func CreateResourceJavaFiles(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext, flags []string,
+	deps []string) (string, string, string) {
+	javaDir := filepath.Join(common.ModuleGenDir(ctx), "R")
+	javaFileList := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "R.filelist")
+	publicResourcesFile := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "public_resources.xml")
+	proguardOptionsFile := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "proguard.options")
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:      aaptCreateResourceJavaFile,
+		Outputs:   []string{publicResourcesFile, proguardOptionsFile, javaFileList},
+		Implicits: deps,
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"aaptFlags":           strings.Join(flags, " "),
+			"publicResourcesFile": publicResourcesFile,
+			"proguardOptionsFile": proguardOptionsFile,
+			"javaDir":             javaDir,
+			"javaFileList":        javaFileList,
+		},
+	})
+
+	return publicResourcesFile, proguardOptionsFile, javaFileList
+}
+
+func CreateExportPackage(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext, flags []string, deps []string) string {
+	outputFile := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "package-export.apk")
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:      aaptCreateAssetsPackage,
+		Outputs:   []string{outputFile},
+		Implicits: deps,
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"aaptFlags": strings.Join(flags, " "),
+		},
+	})
+
+	return outputFile
+}
+
+func CreateAppPackage(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext, flags []string, jarFile string,
+	certificates []string) string {
+
+	resourceApk := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "resources.apk")
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:    aaptAddResources,
+		Outputs: []string{resourceApk},
+		Inputs:  []string{jarFile},
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"aaptFlags": strings.Join(flags, " "),
+		},
+	})
+
+	signedApk := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "signed.apk")
+
+	var certificateArgs []string
+	for _, c := range certificates {
+		certificateArgs = append(certificateArgs, c+".x509.pem", c+".pk8")
+	}
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:    signapk,
+		Outputs: []string{signedApk},
+		Inputs:  []string{resourceApk},
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"certificates": strings.Join(certificateArgs, " "),
+		},
+	})
+
+	outputFile := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "package.apk")
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:    zipalign,
+		Outputs: []string{outputFile},
+		Inputs:  []string{signedApk},
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"zipalignFlags": "",
+		},
+	})
+
+	return outputFile
+}