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+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.
+
+import argparse
+import io
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+from distutils import dir_util
+from ruamel import yaml
+
+def run(config_path):
+    api_dir_index = config_path.find('/google/')
+    if api_dir_index == -1:
+        raise ValueError('Didn\'t find /google/ in config file path; need absolute path to the artman config file.')
+    root_dir = config_path[0:api_dir_index]
+    api_dir = config_path[api_dir_index+1:]
+
+    subprocess.check_call(['artman', '--config', api_dir, '--local', '-v', '--root-dir', root_dir, 'generate', 'java_gapic'])
+
+    with io.open(config_path, encoding='UTF-8') as config_file:
+        artman_config_data = yaml.load(config_file, Loader=yaml.Loader)
+
+    api_name = artman_config_data['common']['api_name']
+    api_version = artman_config_data['common']['api_version']
+    org_name = artman_config_data['common']['organization_name']
+
+    api_full_name = '{}-{}-{}'.format(org_name, api_name, api_version)
+    proto_dirname = 'proto-{}'.format(api_full_name)
+    grpc_dirname = 'grpc-{}'.format(api_full_name)
+    gapic_dirname = 'gapic-{}'.format(api_full_name)
+    proto_dir = os.path.join('artman-genfiles', 'java', proto_dirname)
+    grpc_dir = os.path.join('artman-genfiles', 'java', grpc_dirname)
+    gapic_dir = os.path.join('artman-genfiles', 'java', gapic_dirname)
+    print(proto_dir)
+    print(grpc_dir)
+    print(gapic_dir)
+    if not os.path.exists(proto_dir):
+        raise ValueError('generated proto dir doesn\'t exist: {}'.format(proto_dir))
+    if not os.path.exists(grpc_dir):
+        raise ValueError('generated grpc dir doesn\'t exist: {}'.format(grpc_dir))
+    if not os.path.exists(gapic_dir):
+        raise ValueError('generated gapic dir doesn\'t exist: {}'.format(gapic_dir))
+
+    target_proto_dir = os.path.join('google-api-grpc', proto_dirname)
+    target_grpc_dir = os.path.join('google-api-grpc', grpc_dirname)
+    if os.path.exists(target_proto_dir):
+        print('{} already exists, removing & replacing it.'.format(target_proto_dir))
+    if os.path.exists(target_grpc_dir):
+        print('{} already exists, removing & replacing it.'.format(target_grpc_dir))
+
+    print('-- ignore any pathspec errors that follow')
+
+    if os.path.exists(target_proto_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(target_proto_dir)
+    shutil.copytree(proto_dir, target_proto_dir)
+    os.remove(os.path.join(target_proto_dir, 'LICENSE'))
+    os.remove(os.path.join(target_proto_dir, 'build.gradle'))
+    subprocess.call(['git', 'checkout', os.path.join(target_proto_dir, 'pom.xml')])
+
+    if os.path.exists(target_grpc_dir):
+        shutil.rmtree(target_grpc_dir)
+    shutil.copytree(grpc_dir, target_grpc_dir)
+    os.remove(os.path.join(target_grpc_dir, 'LICENSE'))
+    os.remove(os.path.join(target_grpc_dir, 'build.gradle'))
+    subprocess.call(['git', 'checkout', os.path.join(target_grpc_dir, 'pom.xml')])
+
+    api_unversioned_name = '{}-{}'.format(org_name, api_name)
+    target_gapic_dir = os.path.join('google-cloud-clients', api_unversioned_name)
+    dir_util.copy_tree(os.path.join(gapic_dir, 'src'), os.path.join(target_gapic_dir, 'src'))
+
+    print('**** REMAINING MANUAL WORK: *****')
+    print('This script doesn\'t set up new clients. If this is a new client, you need to:')
+    print('1. Add the new proto and grpc modules into google-api-grpc/pom.xml')
+    print('3. Copy an existing client pom.xml to the new client directory, update its text')
+    print('4. Copy an existing client README.md to the new client directory, update its text')
+    print('5. Add the new proto, grpc, and client modules into versions.txt')
+    print('6. Add the new proto, grpc, and client modules into google-cloud-bom/pom.xml')
+    print('7. Run `utilities/replace_versions.py` to update the module versions')
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Regenerate a single API.')
+    parser.add_argument('config_file', help='The artman config file for the API')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    run(args.config_file)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()