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# Copyright 2007 Vladimir Prus
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

import common ;
import "class" : new ;

rule generate-example ( project name : property-set : sources * )
{
    local result ;
    for local s in $(sources)
    {
    #local ea = [ $(s).action ] ;
    #local ep = [ $(ea).properties ] ;

    # Create a new action, that takes the source target
    # and runs 'common.copy' comamnd on it.
        local a  = [
       new non-scanning-action $(s) : common.copy : $(property-set) ] ;

    local source-name = [ $(s).name ] ;

    # Create the target to represent the result of the action.
    # The target has the name that was specified in Jamfile
    # and passed here via the 'name' parameter,
    # and the same type and project as the source.
    result += [ new file-target $(name)
        : [ $(s).type ]
        : $(project)
            : $(a) ] ;
    }
    return $(result) ;
}

generate a2 : a.cpp : <generating-rule>@generate-example ;