Philipp Weckerle,I need your help~~about extensions for dreamweaver

I have installed oc4j and oracle extensions for Macromedia dreamweaver.http://localhost:23791/portalTempalte/portaTemplate can been seen,but there are something error with connection to the DB.
the portalTemplate.xml like this:
<?xml version = '1.0' standalone = 'yes'?>
<portalTemplate>
<username>portal</username>
<password>Qvj9I0Kb</password>
<host>ocsinfra.taiji.com.cn</host>
<port>1521</port>
<sid>asdb</sid>
</portalTemplate>
what's wrong with it ? Or something eles i will do ?
Can you send me a mail if you are not busy ? Thanks a lot.
shang.<[email protected]>

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    * 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, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.audio;
    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
    * This class models characteristics of an audio file such as the absolute path
    * of the file, its tag contents (if any) and the play duration, etc.
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class AudioFileDescriptor implements Serializable, Comparable {
      public AudioFileDescriptor(String absolutePath) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        load(absolutePath);
      public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if(o != null && o instanceof AudioFileDescriptor) {
          return ((AudioFileDescriptor) o).getAbsolutePath().equalsIgnoreCase(this.getAbsolutePath());
        else {
          return false;
      public void load(String absolutePath) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        this.absolutePath = absolutePath;
        RandomAccessFile rf = new RandomAccessFile(absolutePath, "r");
        if(id3v11Tag == null) {
          id3v11Tag = new ID3v11Tag(rf, false);
        else {
          id3v11Tag.readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
        rf.close();
      public String getAbsolutePath() {
        return absolutePath;
      public ID3v11Tag getID3v11Tag() {
        return id3v11Tag;
      public void setID3v11Tag(ID3v11Tag tag) {
        this.id3v11Tag = tag;
      public String toString() {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("00");
        return id3v11Tag.getArtist() + ", " + id3v11Tag.getAlbum() + " - " +
            df.format(id3v11Tag.getTrackNumber()) + " " + id3v11Tag.getTitle();
       * Compares this object with the specified object for order.
       * @param o the Object to be compared.
       * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to,
       *   or greater than the specified object.
       * @todo Implement this java.lang.Comparable method
      public int compareTo(Object o) {
        return toString().compareTo(o.toString());
      private String absolutePath;
      private ID3v11Tag id3v11Tag;
      private transient long duration = -1;
      private transient int type = TYPE_UNKNOWN;
      public static final transient int TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
      public static final transient int TYPE_MP3 = 1;
    }This is class ID3V11Tag into which the data is actually stored
    * Light Development Java Library
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * 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 2
    * 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, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.lib.audio;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
    * This class is a very simple implementation of an ID3v11Tag. It models an ID3 tag
    * pretty much the same way as it is physically stored inside an audio file.
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software
    * @version Version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class ID3v11Tag implements Serializable, Comparable {
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a given file
       * <p>This constructor can be used for cases where a RandomAccessFile has already
       * been opened and will be closed elsewhere</p>
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the open file to read from
       * @param isAtTagStartPos boolean  true, if the file pointer is at the
       * position where the ID3 tag starts; when false, the pointer is positioned accordingly here
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(RandomAccessFile rf, boolean isAtTagStartPos) throws IOException {
        if(isAtTagStartPos) {
          readTag(rf);
        else {
          readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a file at a given location
       * <p>This constructor opens and closes the audio file for reading</p>
       * @param absolutePath String  the absolute path to the audio file to open
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(String absolutePath) throws IOException {
        RandomAccessFile rf = new RandomAccessFile(absolutePath, "r");
        readTag(rf, rf.length() - 128);
        rf.close();
       * construct an ID3v11Tag and read tag content from a given file
       * <p>This constructor opens and closes the audio file for reading</p>
       * @param audioFile File  the audio file to read from
       * @throws IOException
      public ID3v11Tag(File audioFile) throws IOException {
        this(audioFile.getAbsolutePath());
       * get a string representation of this object
       * @return String
      public String toString() {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("00");
        return getArtist() + ", " + getAlbum() + " - " + df.format(getTrackNumber()) + " " + getTitle();
       * position to file pointer and read the tag
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the file to read from
       * @param jumpPos long  the position to jump to (the tag start position)
       * @throws IOException
      public void readTag(RandomAccessFile rf, long jumpPos) throws IOException {
        rf.seek(jumpPos);
        readTag(rf);
       * read the tag from a given file, assuming the file pointer to be at the tag start position
       * @param rf RandomAccessFile  the file to read from
       * @throws IOException
      public void readTag(RandomAccessFile rf) throws IOException {
        rf.read(tagBuf);
        if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase(new String(tagBuf))) {
          rf.read(title);
          rf.read(artist);
          rf.read(album);
          rf.read(year);
          rf.read(comment);
          rf.read(trackNo);
          rf.read(genre);
      public String getTitle() {
        return new String(title).trim();
      public String getArtist() {
        return new String(artist).trim();
      public String getAlbum() {
        return new String(album).trim();
      public String getYear() {
        return new String(year).trim();
      public String getComment() {
        return new String(comment).trim();
      public int getGenreId() {
        try {
          int id = new Byte(genre[0]).intValue();
          if(id < GENRE_ID_MIN || id > GENRE_ID_MAX) {
            return GENRE_ID_OTHER;
          else {
            return id;
        catch(Exception ex) {
          return GENRE_ID_OTHER;
      public String getGenreName() {
        return genreNames[getGenreId()];
      public int getTrackNumber() {
        try {
          return (int) trackNo[0];
        catch(Exception e) {
          return 0;
       * Compares this object with the specified object for order.
       * @param o the Object to be compared.
       * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to,
       *                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Hi Franck,
    thank you, mate. I did what you suggested (changed class attached) but that did not change the mentioned behaviour.
    The first run is approximately 75 seconds with Java option -Xms40m and approx. double without, the second run and all subsequent runs are only 2-3 seconds each (!!!) even when terminating and re-starting the application between thread runs.
    I'm pretty clueless about that, any more help on this anyone?
    Thanks a lot and best regards
    Ulrich
    PS: BTW, I forgot to post the class that is filled with data by class CollectionThread, so here it is
    * Light Development Playlist Editor
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * 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 2
    * 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, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.app.playlisteditor.data;
    import java.io.File;
    import com.lightdev.lib.audio.ID3v11Tag;
    import javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.Serializable;
    import com.lightdev.lib.audio.AudioFileDescriptor;
    import com.lightdev.lib.ui.SortListModel;
    import java.util.Iterator;
    * Storage model for audio data.
    * <p>
    * <code>AudioDataModel</code> can be used to store ID3 tag data collected from
    * a directory with audio files to perform queries and reports on the found data.
    * </p>
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software as well as any licensing notes
    *      inside this documentation
    * @version 1, October 15, 2004
    public class AudioDataModel extends SortListModel implements Serializable {
       * constructor
      public AudioDataModel() {
       * add an audio track from a given audio file
       * <p>This will attempt to read ID3 tag data from the file.</p>
       * @param audioFile File  the file to add audio data for
       * @throws IOException
      public void addTrack(File audioFile) throws IOException {
        AudioFileDescriptor afd = new AudioFileDescriptor(audioFile.getAbsolutePath());
        if (!data.contains(afd)) {
          data.add(afd);
       * get all tracks for agiven combination of genre name, artist name and album name. Any of
       * the parameters may be null or AudioDataModel.FILTER_ALL
       * <p>Ugly code, I know, but it simply hard codes all combinations of the the mentioned
       * parameters. Any more elegant implementations welcome.</p>
       * @param genreName String  a genre name to get tracks for
       * @param artistName String  an artist name to get tracks for
       * @param albumName String  an album name to get tracks for
       * @return SortListModel   the found tracks in a list model
      public SortListModel getTracks(String genreName, String artistName, String albumName) {
        SortListModel foundTracks = new SortListModel();
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while(e.hasNext()) {
          AudioFileDescriptor afd = (AudioFileDescriptor) e.next();
          ID3v11Tag tag = afd.getID3v11Tag();
          if(genreName == null || genreName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
            if(artistName == null || artistName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
              if (tag.getAlbum().equalsIgnoreCase(albumName))
                foundTracks.add(afd);
            else {
              if(albumName == null || albumName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
                if (tag.getArtist().equalsIgnoreCase(artistName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
              else {
                if (tag.getArtist().equalsIgnoreCase(artistName) &&
                    tag.getAlbum().equalsIgnoreCase(albumName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
          else {
            if(artistName == null || artistName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
              if(albumName == null || albumName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
                if (tag.getGenreName().equalsIgnoreCase(genreName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
              else {
                if (tag.getGenreName().equalsIgnoreCase(genreName) &&
                    tag.getAlbum().equalsIgnoreCase(albumName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
            else {
              if(albumName == null || albumName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
                if (tag.getGenreName().equalsIgnoreCase(genreName) &&
                    tag.getArtist().equalsIgnoreCase(artistName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
              else {
                if (tag.getGenreName().equalsIgnoreCase(genreName) &&
                    tag.getArtist().equalsIgnoreCase(artistName) &&
                    tag.getAlbum().equalsIgnoreCase(albumName))
                  foundTracks.add(afd);
        foundTracks.sort();
        return foundTracks;
       * list all artists in this model
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listArtists() {
        SortListModel artists = new SortListModel();
        artists.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String artistName = tag.getArtist();
          if (artists.indexOf(artistName) < 0) {
            artists.add(artistName);
        artists.sort();
        return artists;
       * list all artists in this model having titles belonging to a given genre
       * @param genreName String  name of the genre artists are searched for
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listArtists(String genreName) {
        SortListModel artists = new SortListModel();
        artists.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String artistName = tag.getArtist();
          String genre = tag.getGenreName();
          if (artists.indexOf(artistName) < 0 && genre.equalsIgnoreCase(genreName)) {
            artists.add(artistName);
        artists.sort();
        return artists;
       * list all genres in this model
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listGenres() {
        SortListModel genres = new SortListModel();
        genres.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String genreName = tag.getGenreName();
          if (genres.indexOf(genreName) < 0) {
            genres.add(genreName);
        genres.sort();
        return genres;
       * list all albums in this model
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listAlbums() {
        SortListModel albums = new SortListModel();
        albums.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String albumName = tag.getAlbum();
          if (albums.indexOf(albumName) < 0) {
            albums.add(albumName);
        albums.sort();
        return albums;
       * list all albums in this model having titles belonging to a given genre
       * @param genreName String  name of the genre albums are searched for
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listAlbums(String genreName) {
        SortListModel albums = new SortListModel();
        albums.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String albumName = tag.getAlbum();
          String genre = tag.getGenreName();
          if (albums.indexOf(albumName) < 0 && genre.equalsIgnoreCase(genreName)) {
            albums.add(albumName);
        albums.sort();
        return albums;
       * list all albums in this model having titles belonging to a given genre and artist
       * @param genreName String  name of the genre albums are searched for
       * @param artistName String  name of the artist albums are searched for
       * @return SortListModel
      public SortListModel listAlbums(String genreName, String artistName) {
        SortListModel albums = new SortListModel();
        albums.add(FILTER_ALL);
        Iterator e = data.iterator();
        while (e.hasNext()) {
          ID3v11Tag tag = ((AudioFileDescriptor) e.next()).getID3v11Tag();
          String albumName = tag.getAlbum();
          String genre = tag.getGenreName();
          String artist = tag.getArtist();
          if(genreName == null || genreName.equalsIgnoreCase(FILTER_ALL)) {
            if (albums.indexOf(albumName) < 0 &&
                artist.equalsIgnoreCase(artistName))
              albums.add(albumName);
          else {
            if (albums.indexOf(albumName) < 0 &&
                genre.equalsIgnoreCase(genreName) &&
                artist.equalsIgnoreCase(artistName))
              albums.add(albumName);
        albums.sort();
        return albums;
       * get the number of audio tracks stored in this data model
       * @return int  the number of tracks
      public int getTrackCount() {
        return data.size();
      /** constant to select all items of a given part */
      public static final String FILTER_ALL = "    all";
    }...and here the changed CollectionThread now caching found File objects in a vector
    * Light Development Playlist Editor
    * Copyright (C) 2004 Ulrich Hilger
    * 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 2
    * 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, write to the Free Software
    * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
    package com.lightdev.app.playlisteditor.data;
    import com.lightdev.lib.util.InfoThread;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.util.Vector;
    import java.util.Enumeration;
    * A class to collect audio data from a given storage location.
    * <p>
    * <code>CollectionThread</code> uses ID3 tag information to gain data.
    * </p>
    * <p>See <a href="http://www.id3.org">http://www.id3.org</a> for details about
    * ID3 tags.</p>
    * @author Ulrich Hilger
    * @author Light Development
    * @author <a href="http://www.lightdev.com">http://www.lightdev.com</a>
    * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
    * @author published under the terms and conditions of the
    *      GNU General Public License,
    *      for details see file gpl.txt in the distribution
    *      package of this software as well as any licensing notes
    *      inside this documentation
    * @version 1, October 13, 2004
    public class CollectionThread extends InfoThread {
       * constructor
       * @param model  AudioDataModel  the data model to collect data to
      public CollectionThread(AudioDataModel model) {
        this.model = model;
       * constructor, creates a new empty AudioDataModel
      public CollectionThread() {
        this(new AudioDataModel());
       * set the data model to collect data to
       * @param model AudioDataModel  the model to collect data to
      public void setModel(AudioDataModel model) {
        this.model = model;
       * get the data model associated to this thread
       * @return AudioDataModel  the data model
      public AudioDataModel getModel() {
        return model;
       * set the directory to collect data from
       * @param rootDir File  the directory to collect data from
      public void setRootDirectory(File rootDir) {
        this.rootDir = rootDir;
       * this is the method to prepare a thread to run.
      protected void prepareThread() {
        maxValue = -1;
        filesProcessed = 0;
        innerCount = 0;
        fileList = new Vector();
       * do the actual work of this thread, i.e. iterate through a given directory
       * structure and collect audio data
       * @return boolean  true, if work is left
      protected boolean work() {
        boolean workIsLeft = true;
        if(getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          countElements(rootDir.listFiles());
        if(getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          workIsLeft = collect(); //collect(rootDir.listFiles());
          fileList.clear();
          fileList = null;
        return workIsLeft;
       * count the elements in a given file array including its subdirectories
       * @param files File[]
      private void countElements(File[] files) {
        int i = 0;
        while (i < files.length && getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
          File file = files;
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
    countElements(file.listFiles());
    else {
    fileList.add(file);
    i++;
    maxValue++;
    * read data into model
    * @param files File[] the file array representing the content of a given directory
    * @return boolean true, if work is left
    private boolean collect(/*File[] files*/) {
    Enumeration files = fileList.elements();
    while(files.hasMoreElements() && getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
    File file = (File) files.nextElement();
    try {
    model.addTrack(file);
    catch(Exception e) {
    fireThreadException(e);
    filesProcessed++;
    if(++innerCount > 99) {
    innerCount = 0;
    fireThreadProgress(filesProcessed);
    return false;
    int i = 0;
    while(i < files.length && getStatus() < STATUS_HALT_PENDING) {
    File file = files[i];
    if(file.isDirectory()) {
    collect(file.listFiles());
    else if(file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith("mp3")) {
    try {
    model.addTrack(file);
    catch(Exception e) {
    fireThreadException(e);
    i++;
    filesProcessed++;
    fireThreadProgress(filesProcessed);
    return (i<files.length);
    /** the directory to collect data from */
    private File rootDir;
    /** the data model to collect data to */
    private AudioDataModel model;
    /** the number of files this thread processed so far while it is running */
    private long filesProcessed = 0;
    /** a list to temporary store found files */
    private Vector fileList;
    /** counter to determine when to fire progress messages */
    private int innerCount = 0;

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