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+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Tweeper - some logic to allow tweeper to run with or without composer.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+$package_name = 'ao2/tweeper';
+
+if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php')) {
+ /*
+ * If "composer install" has been executed, use the composer autoloader.
+ *
+ * Using __DIR__ is OK as long as this file is on the same level of the
+ * project "vendor/" directory (usually the project root directory).
+ */
+ require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+}
+elseif (preg_match('/' . preg_quote('/vendor/' . $package_name, '/') . '$/', __DIR__)) {
+ /*
+ * If running from a "vendor/" directory of another project use the
+ * autoloader of the parent project.
+ *
+ * This covers the case of running from a symlink in ./vendor/bin/ because
+ * __DIR__ contains the *real path* of this file.
+ *
+ * Note that using __DIR__ here and going back two levels is OK under the
+ * assumptions that this file is in the project root directory, and that the
+ * package name has the structure VENDOR/PROJECT_NAME.
+ */
+ require __DIR__ . '/../../autoload.php';
+}
+else {
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, run without composer:
+ *
+ * 1. register our own autoloader function for the Tweeper class
+ *
+ * The implementation follows the one suggested in:
+ * http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/
+ */
+ spl_autoload_register(function ($fully_qualified_class_name) {
+ /* This matches the data defined for the PSR-4 autoloader in composer.json */
+ $namespace_prefix = 'Tweeper\\';
+ $base_directory = 'src/';
+
+ $len = strlen($namespace_prefix);
+ if (strncmp($namespace_prefix, $fully_qualified_class_name, $len) !== 0) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ $class_relative = substr($fully_qualified_class_name, $len);
+
+ $file_path = $base_directory . str_replace('\\', '/', $class_relative) . '.php';
+
+ require_once $file_path;
+ });
+
+ /*
+ * 2. load the system-wide autoloader from php-symphony-serializer
+ *
+ * This allows to run tweeper without composer, provided that the
+ * dependencies are available system-wide.
+ *
+ * For example, the Debian package takes care of that.
+ */
+ require_once 'Symfony/Component/Serializer/autoload.php';
+}