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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# Note: This script runs on Mac and Linux. It requires `java` to be installed
+# and `flatc` to be built (using `cmake` in the root directory).
+
+sampledir=$(cd $(dirname $BASH_SOURCE) && pwd)
+rootdir=$(cd $sampledir/.. && pwd)
+currentdir=$(pwd)
+
+if [[ "$sampledir" != "$currentdir" ]]; then
+  echo Error: This script must be run from inside the $sampledir directory.
+  echo You executed it from the $currentdir directory.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run `flatc`. Note: This requires you to compile using `cmake` from the
+# root `/flatbuffers` directory.
+if [ -e ../flatc ]; then
+  ../flatc --java --gen-mutable monster.fbs
+elif [ -e ../Debug/flatc ]; then
+  ../Debug/flatc --java --gen-mutable monster.fbs
+else
+  echo 'flatc' could not be found. Make sure to build FlatBuffers from the \
+       $rootdir directory.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo Compiling and running the Java sample.
+
+# Compile and execute the sample.
+javac -classpath ${sampledir}/../java:${sampledir} SampleBinary.java
+java -classpath ${sampledir}/../java:${sampledir} SampleBinary
+
+# Cleanup temporary files.
+rm -rf MyGame/
+rm ${sampledir}/../java/com/google/flatbuffers/*.class
+rm *.class