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+#   Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#   Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+ROOT_DIR:=.
+BUILD_DIR:=$(ROOT_DIR)/build
+
+COVEROUT := $(BUILD_DIR)/cover.out
+COVERHTML := $(BUILD_DIR)/cover.html
+
+GOOS=$(shell go env GOOS)
+GOCMD=go
+GOBUILD=$(GOCMD) build -a -installsuffix cgo
+GOTEST=$(GOCMD) test -v -coverprofile $(COVEROUT)
+
+GOFILES := $(shell find $(ROOT_DIR) -name '*.go' -not -name '*_test.go') go.mod go.sum
+GOFILES_NO_VENDOR := $(shell find $(ROOT_DIR) -path ./vendor -prune -o -name "*.go" -not -name '*_test.go' -print)
+
+APP:=$(BUILD_DIR)/xapp-sim
+APPTST:=$(APP)_test
+
+.PHONY: FORCE
+ 
+.DEFAULT: build
+
+default: build
+
+$(APP): $(GOFILES)
+	GO111MODULE=on GO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GOBUILD) -o $@ ./test/xapp
+
+$(APPTST): $(GOFILES)
+	GO111MODULE=on GO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux $(GOTEST) -c -o $@ ./pkg/xapp 
+	RMR_SEED_RT=config/uta_rtg.rt $@ -f config/config-file.yaml -test.coverprofile $(COVEROUT)
+	go tool cover -html=$(COVEROUT) -o $(COVERHTML)
+
+build: $(APP)
+
+test: $(APPTST)
+
+fmt: $(GOFILES_NO_VENDOR)
+	gofmt -w -s $^
+	@(RESULT="$$(gofmt -l $^)"; test -z "$${RESULT}" || (echo -e "gofmt failed:\n$${RESULT}" && false) )
+
+clean:
+	@echo "  >  Cleaning build cache"
+	@-rm -rf $(APP) $(APPTST) 2> /dev/null
+	go clean 2> /dev/null