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+#!/usr/bin/python2.4
+#
+#
+# Copyright 2009, The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""In memory representation of Android.mk file.
+
+Specifications for Android.mk can be found at
+development/ndk/docs/ANDROID-MK.txt
+"""
+
+import re
+from sets import Set
+
+
+class AndroidMK(object):
+  """In memory representation of Android.mk file."""
+
+  _RE_INCLUDE = re.compile(r'include\s+\$\((.+)\)')
+  _VAR_DELIMITER = ":="
+  FILENAME = "Android.mk"
+  CERTIFICATE = "LOCAL_CERTIFICATE"
+  PACKAGE_NAME = "LOCAL_PACKAGE_NAME"
+
+  def __init__(self, app_path=None):
+    self._includes = Set() # variables included in makefile
+    self._variables = {} # variables defined in makefile
+
+    if app_path:
+      self.ParseMK(app_path)
+
+  def _ProcessMKLine(self, line):
+    """Add a variable definition or include.
+
+    Ignores unrecognized lines.
+
+    Args:
+      line: line of text from makefile
+    """
+    m = self._RE_INCLUDE.match(line)
+    if m:
+      self._includes.add(m.group(1))
+    else:
+      parts = line.split(self._VAR_DELIMITER)
+      if len(parts) > 1:
+        self._variables[parts[0].strip()] = parts[1].strip()
+
+  def GetVariable(self, identifier):
+    """Retrieve makefile variable.
+
+    Args:
+      identifier: name of variable to retrieve
+    Returns:
+      value of specified identifier, None if identifier not found in makefile
+    """
+    # use dict.get(x) rather than dict[x] to avoid KeyError exception,
+    # so None is returned if identifier not found
+    return self._variables.get(identifier, None)
+
+  def HasInclude(self, identifier):
+    """Check variable is included in makefile.
+
+    Args:
+      identifer: name of variable to check
+    Returns:
+      True if identifer is included in makefile, otherwise False
+    """
+    return identifier in self._includes
+
+  def ParseMK(self, app_path):
+    """Parse Android.mk at the specified path.
+
+    Args:
+      app_path: path to folder containing Android.mk
+    Raises:
+      IOError: Android.mk cannot be found at given path, or cannot be opened
+          for reading
+    """
+    self.app_path = app_path.rstrip("/")
+    self.mk_path = "%s/%s" % (self.app_path, self.FILENAME)
+    mk = open(self.mk_path)
+    for line in mk:
+      self._ProcessMKLine(line)
+    mk.close()