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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+#
+# 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: This makefile will gather sources from the filesystem and
+#         dynamically enable targets and functionality based on extension.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# {shell,find} are expensive for every makefile invocation.
+# wildcard is intended for recursive make calls.
+# Define USE_xxx := 1 when sources are nested within subdirs
+# .* => also glob hidden directories
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+_raw_		    := $(wildcard * .* */*)
+_allfiles_	    := $(filter-out %~,$(_raw_))
+_hiddenfiles_	:= $(filter-out . ..,$(filter .%,$(_allfiles_)))
+
+# Enable functionality based on file detection
+$(call useEnable,GO)
+$(call useEnable,HTML)
+$(call useEnable,JAVA)
+$(call useEnable,PYTHON)
+$(call useEnable,RST)
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]