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+#  Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+#  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.
+
+"""
+Utility script to generate the minimum InputFiles.hpp and cpp files required by an application.
+"""
+import datetime
+import os
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+
+parser = ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("--header_folder_path", type=str, help="path to header folder to be generated.")
+parser.add_argument("--license_template", type=str, help="Header template file",
+                    default="header_template.txt")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates')),
+                  trim_blocks=True,
+                  lstrip_blocks=True)
+
+
+def write_hpp_file(header_file_path, header_template_file):
+    print(f"++ Generating {header_file_path}")
+    header_template = env.get_template(header_template_file)
+    hdr = header_template.render(script_name=os.path.basename(__file__),
+                                 gen_time=datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                 year=datetime.datetime.now().year)
+    env.get_template('default.hpp.template').stream(common_template_header=hdr) \
+        .dump(str(header_file_path))
+
+
+def main(args):
+    header_filename = "InputFiles.hpp"
+    header_filepath = os.path.join(args.header_folder_path, header_filename)
+    write_hpp_file(header_filepath, args.license_template)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(args)