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+package org.eclipse.cdt.utils.coff;
+
+/*
+ * (c) Copyright QNX Software Systems Ltd. 2002.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ *  The <code>AR</code> class is used for parsing standard ELF archive (ar) files.
+ *
+ *  Each object within the archive is represented by an ARHeader class.  Each of
+ *  of these objects can then be turned into an PE object for performing PE
+ *  class operations.
+ *  @see ARHeader
+ */
+public class PEArchive {
+
+	protected String filename;
+	protected RandomAccessFile rfile;
+	protected long strtbl_pos = -1;
+	private ARHeader[] headers;
+
+	public void dispose() {
+		try {
+			if (rfile != null) {
+				rfile.close();
+				rfile = null;
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Do not leak fds.
+	 */
+	protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+		try {
+			dispose();
+		} finally {
+			super.finalize();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The <code>ARHeader</code> class is used to store the per-object file 
+	 *  archive headers.  It can also create an PE object for inspecting
+	 *  the object file data.
+	 */
+	public class ARHeader {
+
+		private String object_name;
+		private String modification_time;
+		private String uid;
+		private String gid;
+		private String mode;
+		private long size;
+		private long elf_offset;
+
+		/**
+		 * Remove the padding from the archive header strings.
+		 */
+		private String removeBlanks(String str) {
+			while (str.charAt(str.length() - 1) == ' ')
+				str = str.substring(0, str.length() - 1);
+			return str;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Look up the name stored in the archive's string table based
+		 * on the offset given. 
+		 *
+		 * Maintains <code>rfile</code> file location.
+		 *
+		 * @param offset 
+		 *    Offset into the string table for first character of the name.
+		 * @throws IOException 
+		 *    <code>offset</code> not in string table bounds.
+		 */
+		private String nameFromStringTable(long offset) throws IOException {
+			StringBuffer name = new StringBuffer(0);
+			long pos = rfile.getFilePointer();
+
+			try {
+				if (strtbl_pos != -1) {
+					byte temp;
+					rfile.seek(strtbl_pos + offset);
+					while ((temp = rfile.readByte()) != '\n')
+						name.append((char) temp);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				rfile.seek(pos);
+			}
+
+			return name.toString();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new archive header object.  
+		 *
+		 * Assumes that rfile is already at the correct location in the file.
+		 *
+		 * @throws IOException 
+		 *    There was an error processing the header data from the file.
+		 */
+		public ARHeader() throws IOException {
+			byte[] object_name = new byte[16];
+			byte[] modification_time = new byte[12];
+			byte[] uid = new byte[6];
+			byte[] gid = new byte[6];
+			byte[] mode = new byte[8];
+			byte[] size = new byte[10];
+			byte[] trailer = new byte[2];
+
+			//
+			// Read in the archive header data. Fixed sizes.
+			//
+			rfile.read(object_name);
+			rfile.read(modification_time);
+			rfile.read(uid);
+			rfile.read(gid);
+			rfile.read(mode);
+			rfile.read(size);
+			rfile.read(trailer);
+
+			//
+			// Save this location so we can create the PE object later.
+			//
+			elf_offset = rfile.getFilePointer();
+
+			//
+			// Convert the raw bytes into strings and numbers.
+			//
+			this.object_name = removeBlanks(new String(object_name));
+			this.modification_time = new String(modification_time);
+			this.uid = new String(uid);
+			this.gid = new String(gid);
+			this.mode = new String(mode);
+			this.size = Long.parseLong(removeBlanks(new String(size)));
+
+			//
+			// If the name is of the format "/<number>", get name from the
+			// string table.
+			//
+			if (strtbl_pos != -1
+				&& this.object_name.length() > 1
+				&& this.object_name.charAt(0) == '/') {
+				try {
+					long offset = Long.parseLong(this.object_name.substring(1));
+					this.object_name = nameFromStringTable(offset);
+				} catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
+				}
+			}
+
+			//
+			// Strip the trailing / from the object name.
+			//
+			int len = this.object_name.length();
+			if (len > 2 && this.object_name.charAt(len - 1) == '/') {
+				this.object_name = this.object_name.substring(0, len - 1);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		/** Get the name of the object file */
+		public String getObjectName() {
+			return object_name;
+		}
+
+		/** Get the size of the object file . */
+		public long getSize() {
+			return size;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 *  Create an new PE object for the object file.
+		 *
+		 * @throws IOException 
+		 *    Not a valid PE object file.
+		 * @return A new PE object.  
+		 * @see PE#PE( String, long )
+		 */
+		public PE getPE() throws IOException {
+			return new PE(filename, elf_offset);
+		}
+
+		public PE getPE(boolean filter_on) throws IOException {
+			return new PE(filename, elf_offset, filter_on);
+		}
+
+		public byte[] getObjectData() throws IOException {
+			byte[] temp = new byte[(int) size];
+			rfile.seek(elf_offset);
+			rfile.read(temp);
+			return temp;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *  Creates a new <code>AR</code> object from the contents of 
+	 *  the given file.
+	 *
+	 *  @param filename The file to process.
+	 *  @throws IOException The file is not a valid archive.
+	 */
+	public PEArchive(String filename) throws IOException {
+		this.filename = filename;
+		rfile = new RandomAccessFile(filename, "r");
+		String hdr = rfile.readLine();
+		if (hdr == null || hdr.compareTo("!<arch>") != 0) {
+			rfile.close();
+			throw new IOException("Not a valid archive file.");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Load the headers from the file (if required).  */
+	private void loadHeaders() throws IOException {
+		if (headers != null)
+			return;
+
+		Vector v = new Vector();
+		try {
+			//
+			// Check for EOF condition
+			//
+			while (rfile.getFilePointer() < rfile.length()) {
+				ARHeader header = new ARHeader();
+				String name = header.getObjectName();
+
+				long pos = rfile.getFilePointer();
+
+				//
+				// If the name starts with a / it is specical.
+				//
+				if (name.charAt(0) != '/')
+					v.add(header);
+
+				//
+				// If the name is "//" then this is the string table section.
+				//
+				if (name.compareTo("//") == 0)
+					strtbl_pos = pos;
+
+				//
+				// Compute the location of the next header in the archive.
+				//
+				pos += header.getSize();
+				if ((pos % 2) != 0)
+					pos++;
+
+				rfile.seek(pos);
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+		}
+		headers = (ARHeader[]) v.toArray(new ARHeader[0]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *  Get an array of all the object file headers for this archive.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 *    Unable to process the archive file.
+	 * @return An array of headers, one for each object within the archive.
+	 * @see ARHeader
+	 */
+	public ARHeader[] getHeaders() throws IOException {
+		loadHeaders();
+		return headers;
+	}
+
+	private boolean stringInStrings(String str, String[] set) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < set.length; i++)
+			if (str.compareTo(set[i]) == 0)
+				return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public String[] extractFiles(String outdir, String[] names)
+		throws IOException {
+		Vector names_used = new Vector();
+		String object_name;
+		int count;
+
+		loadHeaders();
+
+		count = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
+			object_name = headers[i].getObjectName();
+			if (names != null && !stringInStrings(object_name, names))
+				continue;
+
+			object_name = "" + count + "_" + object_name;
+			count++;
+
+			byte[] data = headers[i].getObjectData();
+			File output = new File(outdir, object_name);
+			names_used.add(object_name);
+
+			RandomAccessFile rfile = new RandomAccessFile(output, "rw");
+			rfile.write(data);
+			rfile.close();
+		}
+
+		return (String[]) names_used.toArray(new String[0]);
+	}
+
+	public String[] extractFiles(String outdir) throws IOException {
+		return extractFiles(outdir, null);
+	}
+
+}