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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project name="LawCarta converter project" default="full-build">
+
+ <target name="full-build"
+         depends="prepare"
+         description="Performs static analysis, runs the tests, and generates project documentation"/>
+
+<target name="replace"
+        unless="replace.done"
+        description="Replace placeholders in config files" >
+
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@ApiURLDev@" value="${ApiURLDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcUsernameDev@" value="${lcUsernameDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcPasswordDev@" value="${lcPasswordDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcQueUsernameDev@" value="${lcQueUsernameDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcQuePasswordDev@" value="${lcQuePasswordDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcQueHostDev@" value="${lcQueHostDev}"/>
+    <replace dir="../environments" token="@lcQuePortDev@" value="${lcQuePortDev}"/>
+
+    <property name="replace.done" value="true"/>
+</target>
+
+ <target name="clean"
+         unless="clean.done"
+         description="Cleanup build artifacts">
+  <delete dir="${basedir}/coverage"/>
+  <delete dir="${basedir}/logs"/>
+  <delete dir="${basedir}/../tests/_log" includes="**/*" />
+  <property name="clean.done" value="true"/>
+ </target>
+
+ <target name="prepare"
+         unless="prepare.done"
+         depends="clean"
+         description="Prepare for build">
+  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/coverage"/>
+  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/logs"/>
+  <property name="prepare.done" value="true"/>
+ </target>
+
+<target name="build-without-tests"
+        depends="replace, archive"
+        description="Build project and run all tests"/>
+
+<target name="archive">
+    <tar compression="gzip" destfile="lc_converter.tar.gz">
+        <tarfileset dir="${basedir}/..">
+            <include name="*/**" />
+            <exclude name="build/**" />
+        </tarfileset>
+    </tar>
+</target>
+
+</project>
+