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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="Stratum" default="test" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- Allow any user specific values to override the defaults -->
+  <property file="${user.home}/build.properties" />
+  <!-- Allow user defaults for this project -->
+  <property file="build.properties" />
+  <!-- Set default values for the build -->
+  <property file="default.properties" />
+
+  <!-- Construct compile classpath -->
+  <path id="classpath">
+    <pathelement location="${junit.jar}"/>
+    <pathelement location="${build.home}/class"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+  <!-- T E S T                                                            -->
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+
+  <target 
+    name="test" 
+    depends="compile-test" 
+    description="runs (junit) unit tests">
+    
+    <echo>
+      Running all JUnit tests
+    </echo>
+    
+    <junit printSummary="yes">
+      <formatter type="plain"/>
+      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+      <batchtest todir=".">
+        <fileset dir="${build.home}/class">
+          <include name="**/*Test*.class"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+    </junit>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+  <!-- C O M P I L E  T E S T S                                           -->
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+
+  <target
+    name="compile-test"
+    description="==> compiles the test source code">
+    
+    <ant antfile="build.xml" target="clean"/>
+    <ant antfile="build.xml" target="compile"/>
+    
+    <javac srcdir="${test.home}"
+      destdir="${build.home}/class"
+      excludes="**/package.html"
+      debug="${debug}"
+      deprecation="${deprecation}"
+      optimize="${optimize}">
+      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+      <classpath>
+        <pathelement path="${build.home}/class"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+</project>