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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+# *** LICENSE ***
+# 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/>.
+
+
+from bot import bot
+from time import sleep
+from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+
+
+bots = []
+
+try:
+	config = parse('config.xml')
+except IOError:
+	print 'Error: config.xml is missing or cannot be read'
+	quit(1)
+
+bots_jids = []
+for bot_el in config.getElementsByTagName('bot'):
+	if bot_el.getAttribute('jid') in bots_jids:
+		print 'Error: you cannot have two bots using the same JID'
+		quit(2)
+	bots_jids.append(bot_el.getAttribute('jid'))
+for bot_el in config.getElementsByTagName('bot'):
+	debug = False
+	if bot_el.hasAttribute('debug'):
+		if bot_el.getAttribute('debug') == 'true':
+			debug = True
+	bot_ = bot(bot_el.getAttribute('jid'), bot_el.getAttribute('password'), bot_el.getAttribute('nickname'), debug=debug)
+	bots.append(bot_)
+	for bridge_el in bot_el.getElementsByTagName('bridge'):
+		xmpp_room = bridge_el.getElementsByTagName('xmpp-room')[0]
+		irc = bridge_el.getElementsByTagName('irc')[0]
+		bridge_ = bot_.new_bridge(xmpp_room.getAttribute('jid'), irc.getAttribute('chan'), irc.getAttribute('server'))
+
+
+try:
+	while True:
+		sleep(1)
+except:
+	del bots
+	quit(3)
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