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+#This file is part of Photon (http://photon.sourceforge.net)
+#Copyright (C) 2004-2005 James Turk
+#
+# Author:
+#  James Turk (jpt2433@rit.edu)
+#
+# Version:
+#  $Id: SConstruct,v 1.1 2005/03/01 07:50:22 cozman Exp $
+
+import os,os.path
+import glob
+
+subDirs = ['', 'audio', 'math', 'util', 'util/filesys']
+libName = 'photon'
+
+class Builder:   
+    def __init__(self, subDirs):
+        self.subDirs = subDirs
+        self.srcDirs = self.combine('src',self.subDirs)
+        self.incDirs = self.combine('include',self.subDirs)
+        self.srcFiles = Flatten([self.getFiles(d, '*.cpp') 
+                                for d in self.srcDirs])
+        self.srcFiles = [f.replace('src','build') for f in self.srcFiles]
+        self.incFiles = Flatten([self.getFiles(d, '*.hpp') 
+                                for d in self.incDirs])
+
+    def combine(self, prefix, dirs):
+        """Add a prefix to all directories"""
+        return [os.path.join(prefix,d) for d in dirs]
+
+    def getFiles(self, path, pat):
+        """Get all files which match a glob in a directory"""
+        return glob.glob( os.path.join(path,pat) )
+        
+    def checkLibrary(self, name, lib, header):
+        """Check if a library/header pair exists, report and bail if not"""
+        if not self.conf.CheckLibWithHeader(lib, header, 'C++'):
+            print name,'not found, exiting.'
+            Exit(1)
+
+    def checkDepends(self):
+        """Check all the dependencies for the current project"""
+        self.env = Environment(ENV = os.environ)
+        self.conf = Configure(self.env)
+        self.checkLibrary('OpenAL','OpenAL32','al.h')
+        self.checkLibrary('OpenGL','opengl32','gl/gl.h')
+        self.checkLibrary('GLFW','GLFW','glfw.h')
+        self.env = self.conf.Finish()
+        
+    def namedBuild(self, name, target, buildType, default=False, **extra):
+        """Add a build target which can be addressed by name on the command line
+            name      - Name to give to the target (using Alias)
+            target    - Actual build target
+            buildType - string describing what is being built (eg. Library, PDF)
+            [default  - whether or not target is built by default (False)]
+            **extra   - any options which should be given to the builder 
+                        (eg. source='foo.c', CPPPATH='/foo/bar/baz')
+            """
+        # create a string with the desired buildType
+        regStr = "self.env."+buildType+"(target = target, **extra)"
+        # alias the build to the given name
+        reg = self.env.Alias(name,  eval(regStr))
+        if default:
+            self.env.Default(reg)
+        return reg
+        
+    def build(self):
+        BuildDir('build', 'src', duplicate=0)
+        self.checkDepends()
+        
+        self.namedBuild('photon', os.path.join('lib',libName), 'Library',
+                        default=True,
+                        source = self.srcFiles, CPPPATH = self.incDirs)
+
+    
+b = Builder(subDirs)
+b.build()