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	Timewindow will provide an exit code when the application terminates after being launched from the command line. This allows it to be integrated into a build process using a tool such as ANT.

	Using Timewindow with ANT
	Timewindow may be launched from ANT by using the 'java' task just as it would normally be used from a command line. Note that a directives file needs to be specified when launching from the command line without a GUI. Building with a directives file The following sample build file shows an example of a time-limiting task where the directives file which is specified, is available on the system. It is assumed that the 'basedir' attribute for the task points to the directory where the evaluation edition of Timewindow rev 1.0 is installed. The directives file is assumed to be present in this same directory. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Sample build file for using Timewindow with existing directives file --> <project name="Ant test project" default="timelimit" basedir="c:\timewindow_directory"> <target name="timelimit" > <echo message="Starting Timewindow"/> <java jar="Timewindow10_Eval.jar" fork="true" failonerror="true"> <arg value="-nogui"/> <arg value="-directives"/> <arg value="TimewindowDirectives.txt" /> </java> </target> </project>


	Building with the api
	For rev 1.3 and later there are two methods in the 'com.leesw.Timewindow.Timewindow' class named 'timelimit' which may be called from a java application to start the time-limiting process. The first one is: public static boolean timelimit(String logfile,String directiveFile) A code fragment to call this method is given below.
	boolean ret = timelimit("logfile.txt","directives.txt"); if(!ret) System.out.println("There was an error");
	The second api method to perform an obfuscation is: public static boolean timelimit(String logfile,String[] directivesArray) A code fragment to call this method is given below.
	String[] s = { "source_directory sourcedir", "destination_directory destdir", "log_changes", "use_class_loader_for_superclasses", "overwrite_classfiles", "classes all_non-public, remove_unused, rename_packages", "methods all_methods, remove_unused", "fields all_fields, remove_unused", "bytecode shuffle_stack_operations, add_fake_exceptions, change_switch_statements, encrypt_strings", }; boolean ret = timelimit("logfile",s); if(!ret) System.out.println("There was an error");