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+#---Imports---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import os
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ETree
+import argparse
+import json
+
+
+#---definitions-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#---ewp parsing-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def parse_ewp(ewp_file, arg_file=None):
+  """
+  Parse an ewp file, returning a list of defines, includes and files to compile.
+  The first valid configuration in the file is used. An additionnal argvars file
+  can be used to directly expand the variables present in the various fields
+
+  :param ewp_file: the ewp file to parse
+  :param arg_file: additionnal argvars file
+  :returns: tuple of defines, includes and files to compile
+  """
+
+  #parse ewp file for defines and include paths
+  ewp_base_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(ewp_file))
+  ewp_tree = ETree.parse(ewp_file)
+
+  for config in ewp_tree.findall(".//configuration"):
+    raw_defines = list_option_values(config, "CCDefines")
+    raw_includes = list_option_values(config, "CCIncludePath2")
+
+    if 0 != len(raw_defines) and 0 != len(raw_includes):
+      break
+
+  raw_files = list_project_files(ewp_tree)
+
+  #parse argvars, if any, for global values
+  if None != arg_file:
+    arg_tree = ETree.parse(arg_file)
+
+    variables = list_variables(arg_tree)
+  else:
+    variables = {}
+
+  variables["PROJ_DIR"] = ewp_base_path
+
+  #expand variables in the defines and include paths
+  defines = expand_variables(raw_defines, variables)
+  includes = expand_variables(raw_includes, variables)
+  files = expand_variables(raw_files, variables)
+  norm_files = [os.path.normpath(file) for file in files]
+
+  return (defines, includes, norm_files)
+
+
+def list_option_values(config, option_name):
+  """
+  Tool function to list the compilation options with the given name defined in
+  an ewp file's configuration
+
+  :param config: xml tree representing an ewp configuration
+  :param option_name: the name of the options to list
+  :returns: a list of the compilations options
+  """
+  found = False
+  values = []
+
+  for option in config.findall('settings/data/option'):
+    for child in option:
+      if (child.text == option_name):
+        found = True
+
+      if found and (child.tag == "state") and (None != child.text):
+        values.append(normalize_path(child.text))
+
+    if found:
+      break
+
+  return values
+
+
+def list_variables(arg_tree):
+  """
+  Tool function to list the variables defined in an argvars file
+
+  :param argvars: xml tree representing an argvars file
+  :returns: a list of the defined variables
+  """
+  variables = {}
+
+  for variable in arg_tree.findall(".//variable"):
+    name = variable.find("name")
+    value = variable.find("value")
+    if None != name:
+      variables[name.text] = value.text
+
+  return variables
+
+
+def list_project_files(ewp_tree):
+  """
+  Tool function to generate a list of the file to compile from a ewp file
+
+  :param ewp_tree: xml tree representing a ewp file
+  :returns: a list of the file to compile
+  """
+  raw_files = [file.find("name").text for file in ewp_tree.findall(".//file")]
+  return [os.path.abspath(normalize_path(file)) for file in raw_files]
+
+
+def expand_variables(raw_values, variables):
+  """
+  Tool function to expand the given values (paths, defines, ...) using the
+  global project variables. These variables are usually stored in the
+  custom_argvars file. Unknown variables will be left as-is
+
+  :param raw_values: list of non-expanded values
+  :param variables: dictionnay of the variables and their associated values
+  :returns: the list of values with the variables expanded
+  """
+  values = []
+
+  for raw_value in raw_values:
+    value = raw_value
+    for (key, var) in variables.items():
+      value = value.replace("$" + key + "$", var)
+    values.append(value)
+
+  return values
+
+
+#---compile_commands generation-------------------------------------------------
+
+def generate_compile_commands(output_file, root_path, options, files):
+  """
+  Generates a json compilation database according to this standard:
+  https://clang.llvm.org/docs/JSONCompilationDatabase.html, using the given
+  options and list of files. The options must be full, valid, compiler options
+
+  :param output_file: the name of the file to generate
+  :param options: a list of the compilation options
+  :param files: a list of files
+  """
+  with open(output_file, "w") as output:
+    commands = []
+    for file in files:
+      commands.append(
+          {"directory": root_path, "arguments": options, "file": file})
+
+    json.dump(commands, output, indent=True)
+
+
+def normalize_path(path):
+  """
+  Normalizes the given path. Handles mixed-convention paths (dos/unix), which
+  the standard library functions don't
+
+  :param path: the path to normalize
+  :returns: the normalized path
+  """
+  return os.path.normpath(path.replace("\\", "/"))
+
+
+#---main function---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if "__main__" == __name__:
+
+  #setup command line
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+      prog="Ewp2CompileCommands",
+      description="Parse the .ewp file of an IAR project and generates the "
+        "corresponding compile_commands.json")
+
+  parser.add_argument("ewp_file", type=str,
+                      help="path to the project's ewp file")
+  parser.add_argument("-a", "--argvars", type=str,
+                      help="path to the project's argvars file")
+  parser.add_argument("-f", "--files", type=str,
+                      help="list of files to use instead of the ones in the "
+                        "ewp file")
+  parser.add_argument("-o", "--options", type=str,
+                      help="list of options to add to project options")
+  parser.add_argument("-r", "--root", type=str,
+                      help="path to project root. current path is used if not "
+                        "specified")
+
+  #get command line parameters
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+
+  ewp_file = args.ewp_file
+  arg_file = args.argvars
+  file_list = args.files
+  opt_list = args.options
+  root_path = args.root
+
+  #parse ewp and argvars files
+  (defs, incs, files) = parse_ewp(ewp_file, arg_file)
+
+  #replace files if necessary
+  if None != file_list:
+    with open(file_list, "r") as f:
+      raw_files = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()]
+      files = [os.path.abspath(normalize_path(file)) for file in raw_files]
+
+  #parse additionnal options
+  opts = []
+  if None != opt_list:
+    with open(opt_list, "r") as f:
+      opts = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines()]
+
+  #set default root path if necessary
+  if None == root_path:
+    root_path = os.getcwd()
+
+  #generate compile_commands
+  defs = ["-D" + define for define in defs]
+  incs = ["-I" + inc for inc in incs]
+  generate_compile_commands("compile_commands.json", root_path,
+                            defs + incs + opts, files)
+