text: """
  The MIT License (MIT)
  
  Copyright (c) 2015 Christopher Higgins Barrett
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  THE SOFTWARE.
  """
  
  import os
  import re
  import subprocess  # used by child templates
  
  
  target_template_object = None
  
  
  class Template:
  	def __init__(self):
  		self.target_name = None
  
  	def get_target_name(self):
  		while self.target_name is None:
  			n = input('Target name (machine-friendly): ')
  			if self.validate_target_name(n):
  				self.target_name = n
  		return self.target_name
  
  	def validate_target_name(self, n):
  		reg = re.compile('^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$')
  		return reg.match(n) is not None
  
  	def get_target_dir(self):
  		return None
  
  	def do_replacements(self, s):
  		return s
  
  	def post_jobs(self):
  		pass
  
  
  def use_template(template_dir):
  	global target_template_object
  
  	with open(os.path.join(template_dir, '__init__.py')) as f:
  		code = compile(f.read(), template_dir, 'exec')
  		exec(code)
  
  	return target_template_object
  