diff --git a/dev-support/check_compatibility.sh b/dev-support/check_compatibility.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you 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.
-#
-#
-# check_compatibility.sh
-# A script that uses the Java API Compliance Checker (Java ACC) to gauge the binary and source
-# compatibility of two arbitrary versions of Apache HBase.
-#
-# Special thanks to Andrey Ponomarenko, the leader of the Java ACC project, for introducing
-# support for class annotation filtering into the tool at our request.
-#
-# Usage: This script checks out two versions of HBase (via a tag, branch, or commit hash in Git),
-#        builds the releases, and generates XML descriptors of relevant JARs (i.e. excluding
-#        test JARs, as well as external HBase dependencies). Next, the Java API Compliance
-#        Checker (http://ispras.linuxbase.org/index.php/Java_API_Compliance_Checker) is
-#        downloaded and run using these XML descriptor files to generate a report
-#        of the degree of binary and source compatibility of the two HBase versions. Finally,
-#        the resulting report is scraped and some of its results output to stdout.
-#
-#        Note that GNU getopt is required for this script to work properly. If you're running
-#        a different variant (e.g. OS X ships with BSD getopt), you need to get the GNU variant
-#        and either put it on the PATH or set GETOPT to the location of GNU getopt before
-#        executing this script.
-#
-# Example: To compare the binary and source compatibility of the 0.98.6 release and the
-#          tip of the master branch:
-#          $ ./check_compatibility.sh 0.98.6
-#          (i.e. if -b is omitted, a check is implicitly run against master).
-#
-#          To compare the binary and source compatibility of the HBase 0.98.5 and 0.98.6
-#          releases:
-#          $ ./check_compatibility.sh 0.98.5 0.98.6
-
-SCRIPT_DIRECTORY=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})
-# Save the InterfaceAudience package name as a variable to make annotation listing more convenient.
-IA_PACKAGE="org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience"
-
-# Usage message.
-usage () {
-  SCRIPT=$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE}")
-
-  cat << __EOF
-
-check_compatibility.sh
-A script that uses the Java API Compliance Checker to gauge the binary and source
-compatibility of two arbitrary versions of Apache HBase.
-
-Usage: [<options>] <ref1> [<ref2>]
-
-The positional arguments are Git references; this can be a tag (e.g. 0.98.6),
-a branch (e.g. 0.98), or a particular commit hash. If ref2 is omitted, master
-will be used.
-
-Options:
-  -a, --all                             Do not filter by interface annotations.
-  -b, --binary-only                     Only run the check for binary compatibility.
-  -f, --force-download                  Download dependencies (i.e. Java ACC), even if they are
-                                        already present.
-  -h, --help                            Show this screen.
-  -j, --java-acc                        Specify which version of Java ACC to use to run the
-                                        analysis. This can be a tag, branch, or commit hash.
-                                        Defaults to master.
-  -l <list>, --annotation-list=<list>   A comma-separated list of annotations to limit compatibility
-                                        checks to. Defaults to
-                                        "${IA_PACKAGE}.Public,${IA_PACKAGE}.LimitedPrivate".
-  -n, --no-checkout                     Run the tool without first using Git to checkout the two
-                                        HBase versions. If this option is selected,
-                                        dev-support/target/compatibility/1 and
-                                        dev-support/target compatibility/2 must each be Git
-                                        repositories. Also note that the references must still be
-                                        specified as these are used when naming the compatibility
-                                        report.
-  -o <opts>, --options=<opts>           A comma-separated list of options to pass directly to Java
-                                        ACC.
-  -q, --quick                           Runs Java ACC in quick analysis mode, which disables a
-                                        number of checks for things that may break compatibility.
-  -r <url>, --repo=<url>                URL of the HBase Git repository to use. Defaults to Apache
-                                        HBase's GitHub (https://github.com/apache/hbase.git).
-  -s, --source-only                     Only run the check for source compatibility.
-__EOF
-}
-
-# Allow a user to override which GETOPT to use, as described in the header.
-GETOPT=${GETOPT:-/usr/bin/env getopt}
-
-# Parse command line arguments. We split long options (-l) to stay under 100 chars.
-if ! ARG_LIST=$(${GETOPT} -q -o abfhj:nl:o:qr:s \
-    -l all,annotation-list:,binary-only,force-download,help \
-    -l java-acc:,no-checkout,options:,quick,repo:,source-only \
-    -- "${@}"); then
-  usage >&2
-  exit 2
-fi
-eval set -- "${ARG_LIST[@]}"
-
-# Set defaults for options in case they're not specified on the command line.
-ANNOTATION_LIST=(${IA_PACKAGE}.Public ${IA_PACKAGE}.LimitedPrivate)
-JAVA_ACC_COMMIT="master"
-REPO_URL="https://github.com/apache/hbase.git"
-
-while ((${#})); do
-  case "${1}" in
-    -a | --all )
-      ALL=true
-      shift 1 ;;
-    -b | --binary-only )
-      JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-binary)
-      shift 1 ;;
-    -f | --force-download )
-      FORCE_DOWNLOAD=true
-      shift 1 ;;
-    -h | --help )
-      usage
-      exit 0 ;;
-    -j | --java-acc )
-      JAVA_ACC_COMMIT="${2}"
-      shift 2 ;;
-    -l | --annotation-list )
-      # Process the comma-separated list of annotations and overwrite the default list.
-      ANNOTATION_LIST=($(tr "," "\n" <<< "${2}"))
-      shift 2 ;;
-    -n | --no-checkout )
-      NO_CHECKOUT=true
-      shift 1 ;;
-    -q | --quick )
-      JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-quick)
-      shift 1 ;;
-    -o | --options )
-      # Process and append the comma-separated list of options into the command array.
-      JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=($(tr "," "\n" <<< "${2}"))
-      shift 2 ;;
-    -r | --repo )
-      REPO_URL="${2}"
-      shift 2 ;;
-    -s | --source-only )
-      JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-source)
-      shift 1 ;;
-    # getopt inserts -- to separate options and positional arguments.
-    -- )
-      # First, shift past the -- to get to the positional arguments.
-      shift 1
-      # If there is one positional argument, only <ref1> was specified.
-      if [ ${#} -eq 1 ]; then
-        COMMIT[1]="${1}"
-        COMMIT[2]=master
-        shift 1
-      # If there are two positional arguments, <ref1> and <ref2> were both specified.
-      elif [ ${#} -eq 2 ]; then
-        COMMIT[1]="${1}"
-        COMMIT[2]="${2}"
-        shift 2
-      # If there are no positional arguments or too many, someone needs to reread the usage
-      # message.
-      else
-        usage >&2
-        exit 2
-      fi
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# Do identical operations for both HBase versions in a for loop to save some lines of code.
-for ref in 1 2; do
-  if ! [ "${NO_CHECKOUT}" ]; then
-    # Create empty directories for both versions in question.
-    echo "Creating empty ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref} directory..."
-    rm -rf ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}
-    mkdir -p ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}
-
-    if [ "${ref}" = "1" ]; then
-      echo "Cloning ${REPO_URL} into ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}..."
-      if ! git clone ${REPO_URL} ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}; then
-        echo "Error while cloning ${REPO_URL}. Exiting..." >&2
-        exit 2
-      fi
-    elif [ "${ref}" = "2" ]; then
-      # Avoid cloning from Git twice by copying first repo into different folder.
-      echo "Copying Git repository into ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}..."
-      cp -a ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/1/.git \
-          ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/2
-    fi
-
-    # Use pushd and popd to keep track of directories while navigating around (and hide
-    # printing of the stack).
-    pushd ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref} > /dev/null
-    echo "Checking out ${COMMIT[${ref}]} into ${ref}/..."
-    if ! git checkout -f ${COMMIT[${ref}]}; then
-      echo "Error while checking out ${COMMIT[${ref}]}. Exiting..." >&2
-      exit 2
-    fi
-    echo "Building ${COMMIT[${ref}]}..."
-    if ! mvn clean package --batch-mode -DskipTests; then
-      echo "Maven could not successfully package ${COMMIT[${ref}]}. Exiting..." >&2
-      exit 2
-    fi
-    # grab sha for future reference
-    SHA[${ref}]=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-    popd > /dev/null
-  fi
-
-  JAR_FIND_EXPRESSION=(-name "hbase*.jar" ! -name "*tests*" ! -name "*sources*" ! -name "*shade*")
-  # Create an array of all the HBase JARs matching the find expression.
-  JARS=$(find ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref} "${JAR_FIND_EXPRESSION[@]}")
-
-  if [ ${#JARS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-    # If --no-checkout was specified and no JARs were found, try running mvn package
-    # for the user before failing.
-    if [ ${NO_CHECKOUT} ]; then
-      for ref in 1 2; do
-        pushd ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref} > /dev/null
-        echo "The --no-checkout option was specified, but no JARs were found." \
-            "Attempting to build ${COMMIT[${ref}]}..."
-        if ! mvn clean package --batch-mode -DskipTests; then
-          echo "Maven could not successfully package ${COMMIT[${ref}]}. Exiting..." >&2
-          exit 2
-        fi
-        SHA[${ref}]=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-        popd > /dev/null
-      done
-
-      JARS=$(find ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref} "${JAR_FIND_EXPRESSION[@]}")
-      if [ ${#JARS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "Unable to find any JARs matching the find expression. Exiting..." >&2
-        exit 2
-      fi
-
-    # If no JARs were found and --no-checkout was not specified, fail immediately.
-    else
-      echo "Unable to find any JARs matching the find expression. Exiting..." >&2
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  # Create an XML descriptor containing paths to the JARs for Java ACC to use (support for
-  # comma-separated lists of JARs was removed, as described on their issue tracker:
-  # https://github.com/lvc/japi-compliance-checker/issues/27).
-  DESCRIPTOR_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/${ref}.xml"
-  echo "<version>${COMMIT[${ref}]}${SHA[${ref}]+"/${SHA[${ref}]}"}</version>" > "${DESCRIPTOR_PATH}"
-  echo "<archives>" >> "${DESCRIPTOR_PATH}"
-
-  echo "The JARs to be analyzed from ${COMMIT[${ref}]} are:"
-  for jar in ${JARS}; do
-    echo "  ${jar}" | tee -a "${DESCRIPTOR_PATH}"
-  done
-  echo "</archives>" >> "${DESCRIPTOR_PATH}"
-done
-
-# Download the Java API Compliance Checker (Java ACC) into /dev-support/target/compatibility.
-# Note: Java API Compliance Checker (Java ACC) is licensed under the GNU GPL or LGPL. For more
-#       information, visit http://ispras.linuxbase.org/index.php/Java_API_Compliance_Checker .
-
-# Only clone Java ACC if it's missing or if option to force dependency download is present.
-if [ ! -d ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/javaACC ] || [ -n "${FORCE_DOWNLOAD}" ]; then
-  echo "Downloading Java API Compliance Checker..."
-  rm -rf ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/javaACC
-  if ! git clone https://github.com/lvc/japi-compliance-checker.git -b "${JAVA_ACC_COMMIT}" \
-      ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/javaACC; then
-    echo "Failed to download Java API Compliance Checker. Exiting..." >&2
-    exit 2
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Generate one-per-line list of annotations.
-tr " " "\n" <<< "${ANNOTATION_LIST[@]}" > "${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/annotations"
-
-# Generate command line arguments for Java ACC.
-JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-l HBase)
-JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-old "${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/1.xml")
-JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-new "${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/2.xml")
-JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-report-path \
-    ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/report/${COMMIT[1]}_${COMMIT[2]}_compat_report.html)
-if [ "${ALL}" != "true" ] ; then
-  JAVA_ACC_COMMAND+=(-annotations-list ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/annotations)
-fi
-
-# Delete any existing report folder under /dev-support/target/compatibility.
-rm -rf ${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/report
-
-# Run the tool. Note that Java ACC returns an exit code of 0 if the two versions are
-# compatible, an exit code of 1 if the two versions are not, and several other codes
-# for various errors. See the tool's website for details.
-echo "Running the Java API Compliance Checker..."
-perl "${SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}/target/compatibility/javaACC/japi-compliance-checker.pl" \
-    "${JAVA_ACC_COMMAND[@]}"
diff --git a/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py b/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0f90207e51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py
@@ -0,0 +1,514 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+# Script which checks Java API compatibility between two revisions of the
+# Java client.
+#
+# Originally sourced from Apache Kudu, which was based on the
+# compatibility checker from the Apache HBase project, but ported to
+# Python for better readability.
+
+# The script can be invoked as follows:
+#   $ ./checkcompatibility.py ${SOURCE_GIT_REVISION} ${GIT_BRANCH_OR_TAG}
+# or with some options:
+#   $ ./dev-support/checkcompatibility.py \
+#      --annotation org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public \
+#      --annotation org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate \
+#      --include-file "hbase-*" \
+#      --known_problems_path ~/known_problems.json \
+#      rel/1.0.0 branch-1.2
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import urllib2
+from collections import namedtuple
+try:
+    import argparse
+except ImportError:
+    logging.error(
+        "Please install argparse, e.g. via `pip install argparse`.")
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+# Various relative paths
+REPO_DIR = os.getcwd()
+
+
+def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+    """ Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.
+    Backported from Python 2.7 as it's implemented as pure python on stdlib.
+    >>> check_output(['/usr/bin/python', '--version'])
+    Python 2.6.2 """
+    process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
+    output, _ = process.communicate()
+    retcode = process.poll()
+    if retcode:
+        cmd = kwargs.get("args")
+        if cmd is None:
+            cmd = popenargs[0]
+        error = subprocess.CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
+        error.output = output
+        raise error
+    return output
+
+
+def get_repo_dir():
+    """ Return the path to the top of the repo. """
+    dirname, _ = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    dirname = os.path.dirname(dirname)
+    logging.debug("Repo dir is  %s", dirname)
+    return dirname
+
+
+def get_scratch_dir():
+    """ Return the path to the scratch dir that we build within. """
+    scratch_dir = os.path.join(get_repo_dir(), "target", "compat-check")
+    if not os.path.exists(scratch_dir):
+        os.makedirs(scratch_dir)
+    return scratch_dir
+
+
+def get_java_acc_dir():
+    """ Return the path where we check out the Java API Compliance Checker. """
+    return os.path.join(get_repo_dir(), "target", "java-acc")
+
+
+def clean_scratch_dir(scratch_dir):
+    """ Clean up and re-create the scratch directory. """
+    if os.path.exists(scratch_dir):
+        logging.info("Removing scratch dir %s ", scratch_dir)
+        shutil.rmtree(scratch_dir)
+    logging.info("Creating empty scratch dir %s ", scratch_dir)
+    os.makedirs(scratch_dir)
+
+
+def checkout_java_tree(rev, path):
+    """ Check out the Java source tree for the given revision into
+    the given path. """
+    logging.info("Checking out %s in %s", rev, path)
+    os.makedirs(path)
+    # Extract java source
+    subprocess.check_call(["bash", '-o', 'pipefail', "-c",
+                           ("git archive --format=tar %s | "
+                            "tar -C '%s' -xf -") % (rev, path)],
+                          cwd=get_repo_dir())
+
+
+def get_git_hash(revname):
+    """ Convert 'revname' to its SHA-1 hash. """
+    return check_output(["git", "rev-parse", revname],
+                        cwd=get_repo_dir()).strip()
+
+
+def get_repo_name():
+    """ Get the name of the repo based on the git remote."""
+    remote = check_output(["git", "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url"],
+                           cwd=get_repo_dir()).strip()
+    remote = remote.split("/")[-1]
+    return remote[:-4] if remote.endswith(".git") else remote
+
+
+def build_tree(java_path, verbose):
+    """ Run the Java build within 'path'. """
+    logging.info("Building in %s ", java_path)
+    mvn_cmd = ["mvn", "--batch-mode", "-DskipTests",
+               "-Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true", "package"]
+    if not verbose:
+        mvn_cmd.insert(-1, "--quiet")
+    subprocess.check_call(mvn_cmd, cwd=java_path)
+
+
+def checkout_java_acc(force):
+    """ Check out the Java API Compliance Checker. If 'force' is true, will
+    re-download even if the directory exists. """
+    acc_dir = get_java_acc_dir()
+    if os.path.exists(acc_dir):
+        logging.info("Java ACC is already downloaded.")
+        if not force:
+            return
+        logging.info("Forcing re-download.")
+        shutil.rmtree(acc_dir)
+
+    logging.info("Downloading Java ACC...")
+
+    url = "https://github.com/lvc/japi-compliance-checker/archive/2.1.tar.gz"
+    scratch_dir = get_scratch_dir()
+    path = os.path.join(scratch_dir, os.path.basename(url))
+    jacc = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    with open(path, 'wb') as w:
+        w.write(jacc.read())
+
+    subprocess.check_call(["tar", "xzf", path],
+                          cwd=scratch_dir)
+
+    shutil.move(os.path.join(scratch_dir, "japi-compliance-checker-2.1"),
+                os.path.join(acc_dir))
+
+
+def find_jars(path):
+    """ Return a list of jars within 'path' to be checked for compatibility. """
+    all_jars = set(check_output(["find", path, "-name", "*.jar"]).splitlines())
+
+    return [j for j in all_jars if (
+        "-tests" not in j and
+        "-sources" not in j and
+        "-with-dependencies" not in j)]
+
+
+def write_xml_file(path, version, jars):
+    """ Write the XML manifest file for JACC. """
+    with open(path, "wt") as f:
+        f.write("<version>%s</version>\n" % version)
+        f.write("<archives>")
+        for j in jars:
+            f.write("%s\n" % j)
+        f.write("</archives>")
+
+
+def ascii_encode_dict(data):
+    """ Iterate through a dictionary of data and convert all unicode to ascii.
+    This method was taken from
+    stackoverflow.com/questions/9590382/forcing-python-json-module-to-work-with-ascii """
+    ascii_encode = lambda x: x.encode('ascii') if isinstance(x, unicode) else x
+    return dict(map(ascii_encode, pair) for pair in data.items())
+
+
+def process_json(path):
+    """ Process the known problems json file. The program raises an uncaught exception
+    if it can't find the file or if the json is invalid """
+    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
+    try:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            return json.load(f, object_hook=ascii_encode_dict)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        logging.error("File: %s\nInvalid JSON:\n%s", str(path), str(e))
+        raise
+    except IOError as io:
+        logging.error("Provided json file path does not exist %s", str(path))
+        raise
+
+
+def compare_results(tool_results, known_issues, compare_warnings):
+    """ Compare the number of problems found with the allowed number. If
+    compare_warnings is true then also compare the number of warnings found.
+
+    tool_results = results from the JACC tool - a dictionary
+    known_issues = dictionary of expected issue count
+    compare_warnings = boolean - if true also compare warnings as well as problems """
+    logging.info("Results: %s", str(tool_results))
+
+    unexpected_issue = namedtuple('unexpected_issue', ['check', 'issue_type',
+                                                        'known_count', 'observed_count'])
+    unexpected_issues = [unexpected_issue(check=check,  issue_type=issue_type,
+                                      known_count=known_count,
+                                      observed_count=tool_results[check][issue_type])
+                     for check, known_issue_counts in known_issues.items()
+                        for issue_type, known_count in known_issue_counts.items()
+                            if tool_results[check][issue_type] > known_count]
+
+    if not compare_warnings:
+        unexpected_issues = [tup for tup in unexpected_issues
+                             if tup.issue_type != 'warnings']
+
+    for issue in unexpected_issues:
+        logging.error('Found %s during  %s check (known issues: %d, observed issues: %d)',
+                issue.issue_type, issue.check, issue.known_count, issue.observed_count)
+
+    return bool(unexpected_issues)
+
+
+def process_java_acc_output(output):
+    """ Process the output string to find the problems and warnings in both the
+    binary and source compatibility. This is done in a way that is admittedly
+    brittle; we are open to better implementations.
+
+    We expect a line containing the relevant information to look something like:
+    "total binary compatibility problems: 123, warnings: 16" """
+    return_value = {}
+    output = output.split("\n")
+    for line in output:
+        # Line has relevant info
+        if line.lower().startswith("total"):
+            values = {}
+            # Remove "total" keyword
+            line = line[6:]
+            # Seperate the two valuable parts
+            line_list = line.split(",")
+            for segment in line_list:
+                part = segment.split(":")
+                # Extract key and value
+                values[part[0][-8:]] = int(part[1])
+            return_value[line[:6]] = values
+    return return_value
+
+
+def run_java_acc(src_name, src_jars, dst_name, dst_jars, annotations, skip_annotations):
+    """ Run the compliance checker to compare 'src' and 'dst'. """
+    logging.info("Will check compatibility between original jars:\n\t%s\n"
+                 "and new jars:\n\t%s",
+                 "\n\t".join(src_jars),
+                 "\n\t".join(dst_jars))
+
+    java_acc_path = os.path.join(
+        get_java_acc_dir(), "japi-compliance-checker.pl")
+
+    src_xml_path = os.path.join(get_scratch_dir(), "src.xml")
+    dst_xml_path = os.path.join(get_scratch_dir(), "dst.xml")
+    write_xml_file(src_xml_path, src_name, src_jars)
+    write_xml_file(dst_xml_path, dst_name, dst_jars)
+
+    out_path = os.path.join(get_scratch_dir(), "report.html")
+
+    args = ["perl", java_acc_path,
+            "-l", get_repo_name(),
+            "-d1", src_xml_path,
+            "-d2", dst_xml_path,
+            "-report-path", out_path]
+    if annotations is not None:
+        logging.info("Annotations are: %s", annotations)
+        annotations_path = os.path.join(get_scratch_dir(), "annotations.txt")
+        logging.info("Annotations path: %s", annotations_path)
+        with file(annotations_path, "w") as f:
+            f.write('\n'.join(annotations))
+        args.extend(["-annotations-list", annotations_path])
+
+    if skip_annotations is not None:
+        skip_annotations_path = os.path.join(
+            get_scratch_dir(), "skip_annotations.txt")
+        with file(skip_annotations_path, "w") as f:
+            f.write('\n'.join(skip_annotations))
+        args.extend(["-skip-annotations-list", skip_annotations_path])
+
+    try:
+        output = check_output(args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        # The program returns a nonzero error code if issues are found. We
+        # almost always expect some issues and want to process the results.
+        output = e.output
+    acc_processed = process_java_acc_output(output)
+    return acc_processed
+
+
+def get_known_problems(json_path, src_rev, dst_rev):
+    """ The json file should be in the following format: a dictionary with the
+    keys in the format source_branch/destination_branch and the values
+    dictionaries with binary and source problems and warnings
+    Example:
+    {'branch-1.0.0': {
+      'rel/1.0.0': {'binary': {'problems': 123, 'warnings': 16},
+                      'source': {'problems': 167, 'warnings': 1}},
+      'branch-1.2.0': {'binary': {'problems': 0, 'warnings': 0},
+                      'source': {'problems': 0, 'warnings': 0}}
+      },
+    'branch-1.2.0': {
+      'rel/1.2.1': {'binary': {'problems': 13, 'warnings': 1},
+                      'source': {'problems': 23, 'warnings': 0}}
+      }
+    } """
+    # These are the default values for allowed problems and warnings
+    known_problems = {"binary": {"problems": 0, "warnings": 0},
+                           "source": {"problems": 0, "warnings": 0}}
+    if src_rev.startswith("origin/"):
+      src_rev = src_rev[7:]
+    if dst_rev.startswith("origin/"):
+      dst_rev = dst_rev[7:]
+    if json_path is not None:
+        known_problems = process_json(json_path)
+        try:
+            return known_problems[src_rev][dst_rev]
+        except KeyError:
+            logging.error(("Known Problems values for %s %s are not in "
+                            "provided json file. If you are trying to run "
+                            "the test with the default values, don't "
+                            "provide the --known_problems_path argument")
+                            % (src_rev, dst_rev))
+            raise
+    return known_problems
+
+
+def filter_jars(jars, include_filters, exclude_filters):
+    """ Filter the list of JARs based on include and exclude filters. """
+    filtered = []
+    # Apply include filters
+    for j in jars:
+        basename = os.path.basename(j)
+        for f in include_filters:
+            if f.match(basename):
+                filtered += [j]
+                break
+        else:
+            logging.debug("Ignoring JAR %s", j)
+    # Apply exclude filters
+    exclude_filtered = []
+    for j in filtered:
+        basename = os.path.basename(j)
+        for f in exclude_filters:
+            if f.match(basename):
+                logging.debug("Ignoring JAR %s", j)
+                break
+        else:
+            exclude_filtered += [j]
+
+    return exclude_filtered
+
+
+def main():
+    """ Main function. """
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Run Java API Compliance Checker.")
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--force-download",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Download dependencies (i.e. Java JAVA_ACC) "
+                        "even if they are already present")
+    parser.add_argument("-i", "--include-file",
+                        action="append",
+                        dest="include_files",
+                        help="Regex filter for JAR files to be included. "
+                        "Applied before the exclude filters. "
+                        "Can be specified multiple times.")
+    parser.add_argument("-e", "--exclude-file",
+                        action="append",
+                        dest="exclude_files",
+                        help="Regex filter for JAR files to be excluded. "
+                        "Applied after the include filters. "
+                        "Can be specified multiple times.")
+    parser.add_argument("-a", "--annotation",
+                        action="append",
+                        dest="annotations",
+                        help="Fully-qualified Java annotation. "
+                        "Java ACC will only check compatibility of "
+                        "annotated classes. Can be specified multiple times.")
+    parser.add_argument("--skip-annotation",
+                        action="append",
+                        dest="skip_annotations",
+                        help="Fully-qualified Java annotation. "
+                        "Java ACC will not check compatibility of "
+                        "these annotated classes. Can be specified multiple "
+                        "times.")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--known_problems_path",
+                        default=None, dest="known_problems_path",
+                        help="Path to file with json 'known_problems "
+                        "dictionary.' Path can be relative or absolute. An "
+                        "examples file can be seen in the pydocs for the "
+                        "get_known_problems method.")
+    parser.add_argument("--skip-clean",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Skip cleaning the scratch directory.")
+    parser.add_argument("--compare-warnings", dest="compare_warnings",
+                        action="store_true", default=False,
+                        help="Compare warnings as well as problems.")
+    parser.add_argument("--skip-build",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Skip building the projects.")
+    parser.add_argument("--verbose",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="more output")
+    parser.add_argument("src_rev", nargs=1, help="Source revision.")
+    parser.add_argument("dst_rev", nargs="?", default="HEAD",
+                        help="Destination revision. "
+                        "If not specified, will use HEAD.")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    src_rev, dst_rev = args.src_rev[0], args.dst_rev
+
+    logging.info("Source revision: %s", src_rev)
+    logging.info("Destination revision: %s", dst_rev)
+
+    # Configure the expected numbers
+    known_problems = get_known_problems(
+        args.known_problems_path, src_rev, dst_rev)
+
+    # Construct the JAR regex patterns for filtering.
+    include_filters = []
+    if args.include_files is not None:
+        for f in args.include_files:
+            logging.info("Applying JAR filename include filter: %s", f)
+            include_filters += [re.compile(f)]
+    else:
+        include_filters = [re.compile(".*")]
+
+    exclude_filters = []
+    if args.exclude_files is not None:
+        for f in args.exclude_files:
+            logging.info("Applying JAR filename exclude filter: %s", f)
+            exclude_filters += [re.compile(f)]
+
+    # Construct the annotation list
+    if args.annotations is not None:
+        logging.info("Filtering classes using %d annotation(s):",
+                     len(args.annotations))
+        for a in args.annotations:
+            logging.info("\t%s", a)
+
+    skip_annotations = args.skip_annotations
+    if skip_annotations is not None:
+        logging.info("Skipping classes with %d annotation(s):",
+                     len(skip_annotations))
+        for a in skip_annotations:
+            logging.info("\t%s", a)
+
+    # Download deps.
+    checkout_java_acc(args.force_download)
+
+    # Set up the build.
+    scratch_dir = get_scratch_dir()
+    src_dir = os.path.join(scratch_dir, "src")
+    dst_dir = os.path.join(scratch_dir, "dst")
+
+    if args.skip_clean:
+        logging.info("Skipping cleaning the scratch directory")
+    else:
+        clean_scratch_dir(scratch_dir)
+        # Check out the src and dst source trees.
+        checkout_java_tree(get_git_hash(src_rev), src_dir)
+        checkout_java_tree(get_git_hash(dst_rev), dst_dir)
+
+    # Run the build in each.
+    if args.skip_build:
+        logging.info("Skipping the build")
+    else:
+        build_tree(src_dir, args.verbose)
+        build_tree(dst_dir, args.verbose)
+
+    # Find the JARs.
+    src_jars = find_jars(src_dir)
+    dst_jars = find_jars(dst_dir)
+
+    # Filter the JARs.
+    src_jars = filter_jars(src_jars, include_filters, exclude_filters)
+    dst_jars = filter_jars(dst_jars, include_filters, exclude_filters)
+
+    if not src_jars or not dst_jars:
+        logging.error("No JARs found! Are your filters too strong?")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    output = run_java_acc(src_rev, src_jars, dst_rev,
+                            dst_jars, args.annotations, skip_annotations)
+    sys.exit(compare_results(output, known_problems,
+                              args.compare_warnings))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()