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+package com.muwire.cli
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+
+import com.muwire.core.Core
+import com.muwire.core.MuWireSettings
+import com.muwire.core.connection.ConnectionAttemptStatus
+import com.muwire.core.connection.ConnectionEvent
+import com.muwire.core.download.DownloadStartedEvent
+import com.muwire.core.download.Downloader
+import com.muwire.core.download.UIDownloadEvent
+import com.muwire.core.search.QueryEvent
+import com.muwire.core.search.SearchEvent
+import com.muwire.core.search.UIResultEvent
+
+import net.i2p.data.Base64
+
+class CliDownloader {
+    
+    private static final List<Downloader> downloaders = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>())
+    private static final Map<UUID,ResultsHolder> resultsListeners = new ConcurrentHashMap<>()
+    
+    public static void main(String []args) {
+        def home = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator + ".MuWire"
+        home = new File(home)
+        if (!home.exists())
+            home.mkdirs()
+        
+        def propsFile = new File(home,"MuWire.properties")
+        if (!propsFile.exists()) {
+            println "create props file ${propsFile.getAbsoluteFile()} before launching MuWire"
+            System.exit(1)
+        }
+        
+        def props = new Properties()
+        propsFile.withInputStream { props.load(it) }
+        props = new MuWireSettings(props)
+        
+        def filesList
+        int connections
+        int resultWait
+        if (args.length != 3) {
+            println "Enter a file containing list of hashes of files to download, " + 
+                "how many connections you want before searching" +
+                "and how long to wait for results to arrive"
+                System.exit(1)
+        } else {
+            filesList = args[0]
+            connections = Integer.parseInt(args[1])
+            resultWait = Integer.parseInt(args[2])
+        }
+
+        Core core
+        try {
+            core = new Core(props, home, "0.0.13")
+        } catch (Exception bad) {
+            bad.printStackTrace(System.out)
+            println "Failed to initialize core, exiting"
+            System.exit(1)
+        }
+        
+        
+        def latch = new CountDownLatch(connections)
+        def connectionListener = new ConnectionWaiter(latch : latch)
+        core.eventBus.register(ConnectionEvent.class, connectionListener)
+        
+        core.startServices()
+        println "starting to wait until there are $connections connections"
+        latch.await()
+        
+        println "connected, searching for files"
+        
+        def file = new File(filesList)
+        file.eachLine {
+            String[] split = it.split(",")
+            UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID()
+            core.eventBus.register(UIResultEvent.class, new ResultsListener(fileName : split[1]))
+            def hash = Base64.decode(split[0])
+            def searchEvent = new SearchEvent(searchHash : hash, uuid : uuid)
+            core.eventBus.publish(new QueryEvent(searchEvent : searchEvent, firstHop:true,
+                replyTo: core.me.destination, receivedOn : core.me.destination, originator: core.me)) 
+        }
+        
+        println "waiting for results to arrive"
+        Thread.sleep(resultWait * 1000)
+        
+        core.eventBus.register(DownloadStartedEvent.class, new DownloadListener())
+        resultsListeners.each { uuid, resultsListener ->
+            println "starting download of $resultsListener.fileName from ${resultsListener.getResults().size()} hosts"
+            File target = new File(resultsListener.fileName)
+            
+            core.eventBus.publish(new UIDownloadEvent(target : target, result : resultsListener.getResults()))
+        }
+        
+        Thread.sleep(1000)
+        
+        println "waiting for downloads to finish"
+        while(true) {
+            boolean allFinished = true
+            for (Downloader d : downloaders) {
+                allFinished &= d.getCurrentState() == Downloader.DownloadState.FINISHED
+            }
+            if (allFinished)
+                break
+            Thread.sleep(1000)
+        }
+        
+        println "all downloads finished"
+    }
+    
+    static class ResultsHolder {
+        final List<UIResultEvent> results = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>())
+        String fileName
+        void add(UIResultEvent e) {
+            results.add(e)
+        }
+        List getResults() {
+            results
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static class ResultsListener {
+        UUID uuid
+        String fileName
+        public onUIResultEvent(UIResultEvent e) {
+            ResultsHolder listener = resultsListeners.get(e.uuid)
+            if (listener == null) {
+                listener = new ResultsHolder(fileName : fileName)
+                resultsListeners.put(e.uuid, listener)
+            }
+            listener.add(e)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    static class ConnectionWaiter {
+        CountDownLatch latch
+        public void onConnectionEvent(ConnectionEvent e) {
+            if (e.status == ConnectionAttemptStatus.SUCCESSFUL)
+                latch.countDown()
+        }
+    }
+    
+
+    static class DownloadListener {
+        public void onDownloadStartedEvent(DownloadStartedEvent e) {
+            downloaders.add(e.downloader)
+        }
+    }
+}