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+// Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glog/logging.h>
+
+#include <libxml/parser.h>
+#include <libxml/xpath.h>
+#include <libxml/xpathInternals.h>
+
+// This code runs inside the main loop
+gboolean EntryPoint(gpointer data) {
+  GMainLoop *loop = reinterpret_cast<GMainLoop*>(data);
+  LOG(INFO) << "Chrome OS Update Engine beginning";
+  g_main_loop_quit(loop);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  xmlDocPtr doc = xmlNewDoc((const xmlChar*)"1.0");
+  CHECK(doc);
+  CHECK_EQ(argc, 2);
+  printf("enc: [%s]\n", xmlEncodeEntitiesReentrant(doc, (const xmlChar*)argv[1]));
+  return 0;
+  
+  
+  GMainLoop *loop = g_main_loop_new(g_main_context_default(), FALSE);
+  g_timeout_add(0, &EntryPoint, loop);
+  g_main_loop_run(loop);
+  return 0;
+}