Installation:
1. set the ant_home environment variable to point to this location.
2. set the java_home environment variable to point to the jdk location.
3. Add ant_home / bin to your system's path environment variable.
Build file:
1. $ {build.dir} means referenced a var: build.dir
2. Specify DireTory:
3. Make Dir On Specified DireTory:
4. Clean Dir
5. Compile Java Files
Description = "Compiles All Source Code."> destdir = "$ {build.classes}" /> 6. Jar Java Files Description = "generate oreilly.jar in the 'dist' Directory."> Basedir = "$ {build.classes}" Excludes = "** / * Test.class" /> 7. Target Can Be Invoked Single: EG. Command Line: Ant Jar 8. Specify ClassPath and Compile: oral 9. Copy Files 10. Javadoc SourcePath = "$ {src.dir}" Destdir = "$ {doc.dir} / API" Author = "True" Version = "True" Use = "true"> ALL IN A Build.xml File: Description = "Compiles All Source Code."> Description = "generate oreilly.jar in the 'dist' Directory."> Basedir = "$ {build.classes}" Excludes = "** / * Test.class" /> Description = "Cleans, Compiles, Then Builds the Jar File." />
