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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<project name="CollabUnit" default="dist" basedir=".">
+
+  <property name="app" value="CollabUnit"/>
+
+  <target name ="init">
+   <mkdir dir="build/main"/>
+   <mkdir dir="build/tests"/>
+   <mkdir dir="dist"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="clean">
+    <delete dir="build"/>
+    <delete dir="dist"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="compile" depends="init">
+    <javac
+       srcdir="src/main"
+       destdir="build/main">
+      <classpath>
+        <pathelement location="lib/simple-core-2.5.3.jar"/>
+        <pathelement location="lib/junit.jar"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="dist" depends="compile">
+    <jar jarfile="dist/${app}.jar">
+      <fileset dir="build/main"/>
+    </jar>
+  </target>
+
+</project>