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+/*
+  Part of the Arduino project - http://arduino.berlios.de
+
+  This class creates a compilation thread
+  this is needed for detecting time-outs
+  in system calls. It may happen in
+  windows whenever there is a syntax error
+  that the compilation may hang the IDE
+  
+  @author	DojoDave
+  @www http://www.0j0.org
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+  Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+*/
+
+// TODO migrate codebase to arduino.app
+package processing.app;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+class Command extends Thread
+{
+	/** Command to execute on command line */
+	String command;
+	
+	/** Process in execution */
+	Process process;
+	
+	/** Output message from System.out */
+	public String outMsg ="";
+
+	/** Error message from System.error */
+	public String errorMsg ="";
+
+	/** Result value to be sent back */
+	public int outResult = -1;
+	public int errorResult = -1;
+	
+	/** Total errors and warnings to be sent back */
+	public int totalErrors = 0;
+	
+	/** Waiting value */
+	public int waitResult = -1;
+	
+	/** Debug Errors and Warnings */
+	public boolean debugWarning = false;
+	public boolean debugError = false;
+	public boolean logAllOutput = false;
+	
+	/**
+	  * Creates the compiler object with the 
+	  * gnumake line to call
+	  * @param	command	name of the command line to call
+	  */
+	public Command (String co)
+	{
+		// Assign to member variable
+		command = co;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	  * Creates the compiler object with the 
+	  * gnumake line to call
+	  * @param	command	name of the command line to call
+	  *         outlog will debug warnings when calling commands
+	  */
+	public Command (String co, boolean outlog)
+	{
+		// Assign to member variable
+		command = co;
+		logAllOutput = outlog;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	  * Creates the compiler object with the 
+	  * gnumake line to call
+	  * @param	command	name of the command line to call
+	  *         warnings will debug warnings when calling commands
+	  *         errors will debug errors when calling commands
+	  */
+	public Command (String co, boolean warnings, boolean errors)
+	{
+		// Assign to member variable
+		command = co;
+		debugWarning = warnings;
+		debugError = errors;
+	}
+
+	/** Performs system call specific code */
+	public void run()
+	{
+		try {
+	        process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
+	        ArduinoMessageSiphon input;
+	        ArduinoMessageSiphon error;
+	        if (logAllOutput) {
+		        input = new ArduinoMessageSiphon(process.getInputStream(), this, logAllOutput);
+		        error = new ArduinoMessageSiphon(process.getErrorStream(), this, logAllOutput);
+	        } else {
+		        input = new ArduinoMessageSiphon(process.getInputStream(), this, debugWarning, debugError);
+		        error = new ArduinoMessageSiphon(process.getErrorStream(), this, debugWarning, debugError);
+	        }
+	        input.start();
+	        error.start();
+	        
+	        // wait for the process to finish.  if interrupted
+	        // before waitFor returns, continue waiting
+	        //
+	        boolean compiling = true;
+	        while (compiling) {
+	          try {
+	            waitResult = process.waitFor();
+	            outResult = input.result;
+	            errorResult = error.result;
+	            compiling = false;
+	          } catch (InterruptedException ignored) { }
+	        }
+
+			try {
+				waitResult = process.exitValue();
+			} catch (IllegalThreadStateException ignored) { }
+	        
+	        // trace the error and outout
+	        outMsg = input.theMsg;
+	        errorMsg = error.theMsg;
+	        totalErrors = error.totalErrors;
+			
+			// waits 20 secs until being killed by the 
+			// parent process or just dies, no zombies wanted!!
+			try {
+				Thread.currentThread().sleep(20000); 
+			} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+			}
+			
+		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+			outResult = 99;
+		}
+
+	}
+}
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