nyrobert / ant-examples

Simple Java application for learning the Ant build tool

ant-examples

Simple Java application for learning the Ant build tool

Requirements

• Java 8
• Ant
• Ant source (org.apache.tools.ant) for creating custom tasks

Basics

• ant
• ant -projecthelp
• ant -f ant-hello-world.xml

Properties

• ant -f ant-properties.xml
• ant local-property -f ant-properties.xml
• ant cli-property -DuserProperty1 "cli value" -f ant-properties.xml

Java related tasks

• ant compile and run the sample Hello World! application
• ant compile
• ant jar
• ant run-jar

File related tasks

• ant create-file -f ant-file-tasks.xml
• ant delete-file -f ant-file-tasks.xml
• ant create-directory -f ant-file-tasks.xml
• ant delete-directory -f ant-file-tasks.xml

Execution related tasks

• ant file-tasks.create-file -f ant-execution-tasks.xml
• ant file-tasks.delete-file -f ant-execution-tasks.xml
• ant hello -f ant-execution-tasks.xml
• ant target-call -f ant-execution-tasks.xml
• ant list-files -f ant-execution-tasks.xml

If and Unless related tasks

• ant -f ant-if-unless.xml file-exists
• ant -f ant-if-unless.xml create-file
• ant -f ant-if-unless.xml file-exists
• ant -f ant-if-unless.xml delete-file

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License (MIT).