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-package org.apache.samoa.utils;
-
-/*
- * #%L
- * SAMOA
- * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2015 Apache Software Foundation
- * %%
- * 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.
- * #L%
- */
-
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.jar.Attributes;
-import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream;
-import java.util.jar.Manifest;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-
-/**
- * Utils class for building and deploying applications programmatically.
- * 
- * @author severien
- * 
- */
-public class Utils {
-
-  public static void buildSamoaPackage() {
-    try {
-      String output = "/tmp/samoa/samoa.jar";// System.getProperty("user.home") + "/samoa.jar";
-      Manifest manifest = createManifest();
-
-      BufferedOutputStream bo;
-
-      bo = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(output));
-      JarOutputStream jo = new JarOutputStream(bo, manifest);
-
-      String baseDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-      System.out.println(baseDir);
-
-      File samoaJar = new File(baseDir + "/target/samoa-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar");
-      addEntry(jo, samoaJar, baseDir + "/target/", "/app/");
-      addLibraries(jo);
-
-      jo.close();
-      bo.close();
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  // TODO should get the modules file from the parameters
-  public static void buildModulesPackage(List<String> modulesNames) {
-    System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
-    try {
-      String baseDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-      List<File> filesArray = new ArrayList<>();
-      for (String module : modulesNames) {
-        module = "/" + module.replace(".", "/") + ".class";
-        filesArray.add(new File(baseDir + module));
-      }
-      String output = System.getProperty("user.home") + "/modules.jar";
-
-      Manifest manifest = new Manifest();
-      manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.MANIFEST_VERSION,
-          "1.0");
-      manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_URL,
-          "http://samoa.yahoo.com");
-      manifest.getMainAttributes().put(
-          Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION, "0.1");
-      manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR,
-          "Yahoo");
-      manifest.getMainAttributes().put(
-          Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR_ID, "SAMOA");
-
-      BufferedOutputStream bo;
-
-      bo = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(output));
-      JarOutputStream jo = new JarOutputStream(bo, manifest);
-
-      File[] files = filesArray.toArray(new File[filesArray.size()]);
-      addEntries(jo, files, baseDir, "");
-
-      jo.close();
-      bo.close();
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  private static void addLibraries(JarOutputStream jo) {
-    try {
-      String baseDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-      String libDir = baseDir + "/target/lib";
-      File inputFile = new File(libDir);
-
-      File[] files = inputFile.listFiles();
-      for (File file : files) {
-        addEntry(jo, file, baseDir, "lib");
-      }
-      jo.close();
-
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static void addEntries(JarOutputStream jo, File[] files, String baseDir, String rootDir) {
-    for (File file : files) {
-
-      if (!file.isDirectory()) {
-        addEntry(jo, file, baseDir, rootDir);
-      } else {
-        File dir = new File(file.getAbsolutePath());
-        addEntries(jo, dir.listFiles(), baseDir, rootDir);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static void addEntry(JarOutputStream jo, File file, String baseDir, String rootDir) {
-    try {
-      BufferedInputStream bi = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
-
-      String path = file.getAbsolutePath().replaceFirst(baseDir, rootDir);
-      jo.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(path));
-
-      byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
-      int anz;
-      while ((anz = bi.read(buf)) != -1) {
-        jo.write(buf, 0, anz);
-      }
-      bi.close();
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static Manifest createManifest() {
-    Manifest manifest = new Manifest();
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.MANIFEST_VERSION, "1.0");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_URL, "http://samoa.yahoo.com");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION, "0.1");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR, "Yahoo");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VENDOR_ID, "SAMOA");
-    Attributes s4Attributes = new Attributes();
-    s4Attributes.putValue("S4-App-Class", "path.to.Class");
-    Attributes.Name name = new Attributes.Name("S4-App-Class");
-    Attributes.Name S4Version = new Attributes.Name("S4-Version");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(name, "samoa.topology.impl.DoTaskApp");
-    manifest.getMainAttributes().put(S4Version, "0.6.0-incubating");
-    return manifest;
-  }
-
-  public static Object getInstance(String className) {
-    Class<?> cls;
-    Object obj = null;
-    try {
-      cls = Class.forName(className);
-      obj = cls.newInstance();
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-    return obj;
-  }
-}