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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package com.google.gct.idea.settings;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle;
+import com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginDescriptor;
+import com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager;
+import com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerCore;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ExportableApplicationComponent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ExportableComponent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceBean;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.io.ZipUtil;
+
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Provides functionality to export the IDEA settings into a specified jar
+ */
+public class ExportSettings {
+  // TODO: use ImportSettings.SETTINGS_JAR_MARKER after merge
+  public static final String SETTINGS_JAR_MARKER = "IntelliJ IDEA Global Settings";
+
+  public static void doExport(String path) {
+    final Set<ExportableComponent> exportableComponents =
+      new HashSet<ExportableComponent>(Arrays.asList(ApplicationManager.getApplication().getComponents(ExportableApplicationComponent.class)));
+    exportableComponents.addAll(ServiceBean.loadServicesFromBeans(ExportableComponent.EXTENSION_POINT, ExportableComponent.class));
+
+    if (exportableComponents.isEmpty()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    Set<File> exportFiles = new HashSet<File>();
+    for (final ExportableComponent markedComponent : exportableComponents) {
+      ContainerUtil.addAll(exportFiles, markedComponent.getExportFiles());
+    }
+
+    ApplicationManager.getApplication().saveSettings();
+
+    final File saveFile = new File(path);
+    try {
+      if (saveFile.exists()) {
+        final int ret = Messages
+          .showOkCancelDialog(IdeBundle.message("prompt.overwrite.settings.file", FileUtil.toSystemDependentName(saveFile.getPath())),
+                              IdeBundle.message("title.file.already.exists"), Messages.getWarningIcon());
+        if (ret != Messages.OK) return;
+      }
+
+      final JarOutputStream output = new JarOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(saveFile));
+      try {
+        final File configPath = new File(PathManager.getConfigPath());
+        final HashSet<String> writtenItemRelativePaths = new HashSet<String>();
+        for (File file : exportFiles) {
+          final String rPath = FileUtil.getRelativePath(configPath, file);
+          assert rPath != null;
+          final String relativePath = FileUtil.toSystemIndependentName(rPath);
+          if (file.exists()) {
+            ZipUtil.addFileOrDirRecursively(output, saveFile, file, relativePath, null, writtenItemRelativePaths);
+          }
+        }
+
+        exportInstalledPlugins(saveFile, output, writtenItemRelativePaths);
+
+        final File magicFile = new File(FileUtil.getTempDirectory(), SETTINGS_JAR_MARKER);
+        FileUtil.createIfDoesntExist(magicFile);
+        magicFile.deleteOnExit();
+        ZipUtil.addFileToZip(output, magicFile, SETTINGS_JAR_MARKER, writtenItemRelativePaths, null);
+      }
+      finally {
+        output.close();
+      }
+    }
+    catch (IOException e1) {
+      Messages.showErrorDialog(IdeBundle.message("error.writing.settings", e1.toString()),IdeBundle.message("title.error.writing.file"));
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  private static void exportInstalledPlugins(File saveFile, JarOutputStream output, HashSet<String> writtenItemRelativePaths) throws IOException {
+    final List<String> oldPlugins = new ArrayList<String>();
+    for (IdeaPluginDescriptor descriptor : PluginManagerCore.getPlugins()) {
+      if (!descriptor.isBundled() && descriptor.isEnabled()) {
+        oldPlugins.add(descriptor.getPluginId().getIdString());
+      }
+    }
+    if (!oldPlugins.isEmpty()) {
+      final File tempFile = File.createTempFile("installed", "plugins");
+      tempFile.deleteOnExit();
+      PluginManagerCore.savePluginsList(oldPlugins, false, tempFile);
+      ZipUtil.addDirToZipRecursively(output, saveFile, tempFile, "/" + PluginManager.INSTALLED_TXT, null, writtenItemRelativePaths);
+    }
+  }
+}