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NAME
       build.xml - configuration file used by ant to build projects


DESCRIPTION
       The  file  build.xml is the default configuration file used by ant to determine target to build for a
       specific project. It can be considered the ant equivalent of Makefile..

       The format of ant is XML and for each project a seperate file is constructed.  The buildfile consists
       of one or more tasks. An example is given below.

       <project default="compile">

         <target name="compile">
           <javac srcdir="src">
         </target>

       </project>

       This  example  has one target and it is defaulted. The target itself consists of one task javac which
       compiles the files in the src directory.


TARGETS
       Targets can depend on other targets. These dependencies are given by the  depends  attribute  of  the
       <target> element.


TASKS
       A  task  is  a piece of code that is executed.  Ant recognizes built-in task, optional tasks, but one
       can also write new tasks.

       Built-in tasks

       The built-in tasks are: Ant, AntCall, AntStructure, Apply, Available, Chmod, Copy, Cvs, Delete,  Del-tree, Deltree,
       tree,  Echo,  Exec,  ExecOn,  Fail,  Filter,  FixCRLF,  GenKey,  Get, GUnzip, GZip, Jar, Java, Javac,
       Javadoc/Javadoc2, Mail, Mkdir, Move, Patch,  Property,  Replace,  Rmic,  SignJar,  Sql,  Style,  Tar,
       Taskdef, Touch, TStamp, Unjar, Untar, Unwar, Unzip, Uptodate, War, Zip


       Java   Executes  a Java class within the running (Ant) VM or forks another VM if specified. Below are
              some of the attibutes to the <java> element:

              classname (required) the Java class to execute

              fork if enabled triggers the class execution in another VM (disabled by default)

              jvm the command used to invoke the Java Virtual Machine,  default  is  java.  The  command  is
              resolved by java.lang.Runtime.exec().  Ignored if fork is disabled.

              Other arguments are classpath, classpathref, maxmemory, failonerror, dir and output.


       Javac  Compiles a source tree within the running (Ant) VM.

              srcdir (required) location of the java files

              destdir location to store the class files

              debug indicates whether source should be compiled with debug information; defaults to off

              optimize indicates whether source should be compiled with optimization; defaults to off

              target generate class files for specific VM version (e.g., 1.1 or 1.2).

              includes  comma-separated  list  of  patterns  of  files  that must be included; all files are
              included when omitted

              excludes comma-separated list of patterns of files that must be  excluded;  no  files  (except
              default excludes) are excluded when omitted.

              defaultexcludes indicates whether default excludes should be used (yes | no); default excludes
              are used when omitted.

              Other arguments are includesfile, excludesfile, classpath, bootclasspath, classpathref,  boot-classpathref, bootclasspathref,
              classpathref,  extdirs,  encoding, deprecation, verbose, includeAntRuntime, includeJavaRuntime
              and failonerror.


Properties
       A project can have a set of properties, which consist of a name value combination. Within tasks  they
       can be used by placing them between "${" and "}", as in "${builddir}/classes".

       Built-in Properties

       Ant provides access to all system properties as if they had been defined using a <property> task. For
       example, ${os.name} expands to the name of the operating system.


       basedir
              the absolute path of the project's basedir (as set with the basedir attribute of <project>).

       ant.file
              the absolute path of the buildfile.

       ant.project.name
              the name of the project that is currently executing; it  is  set  in  the  name  attribute  of
              <project>.

       ant.java.version
              the JVM version Ant detected; currently it can hold the values "1.1", "1.2" and "1.3".


Classpath
       The classpath can be set by using the <classpath> element:

       <classpath>
         <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
         <pathelement location="lib/helper.jar"/>
         <fileset dir="lib">
           <include name="**/*.jar"/>
         </fileset> </classpath>


SEE ALSO
       ant(1)


AUTHOR
       This   manpage  is  made  by  Egon  Willighagen  <egonw@sci.kun.nl>  and  based  on  the  Ant  Manual
       <http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/>.



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