Ant Build for Minimal

General Info

• Description

  A blank web-app.

• Default Target

  The default target is "compile": Compiles all the source code into class files.

Properties

• application.properties.file

  Location: ${conf.dir}/app.properties

  Various application properties.

  Defined in root.

• api.dir

  Location: ${docs.dir}/api

  Location of API documentation, such as Javadocs.

  Defined in root.

• build.dir

  Location: build

  Location of all intermediate files generated during the build.

  Defined in root.

• class.dir

  Location: ${build.dir}/classes

  Location of generated Java class files.

  Defined in root.

• conf.dir

  Location: ${src.dir}/conf

  Location of generated configuration files.

  Defined in root.

• docs.dir

  Location: docs

  Location of all documentation, including static documents, as well as generated documents such as Javadocs.

  Defined in root.

• etc.dir

  Location: etc

  Location of miscellaneous utility files.

  Defined in root.

• java.src.dir

  Location: ${src.dir}/java

  Location of Java source code.

  Defined in root.

• lib.dir

  Location: etc

  Location of third-party jar files.

  Defined in root.

• main.class

  Value: com.example.Test

  The class that will be run for a standalone test.

  Defined in root.

• src.dir

  Location: src

  Location of all source code.

  Defined in root.

• temp.properties

  Location: ${build.dir}/build.app.properties

  Application properties generated or overridden at build time.

  Defined in root.

• test.property

  Value: some value

  Nothing important.

  Defined in target init.

Targets

• build-app-properties

  Description:

  Copies build properties prefixed with "app-" to the app.properties file.

  Dependencies:

  none

  
  <target name="build-app-properties" depends="init">
      <echoproperties destfile="${temp.properties}">
          <propertyset>
              <propertyref prefix="app."/>
              <mapper type="glob" from="app.*" to="*"/>
          </propertyset>
      </echoproperties>
  </target>
  

• compile

  Description:

  Compiles all the source files into the build directory.

  Dependencies:

  • init
  • build-app-properties

  
  <target name="compile"
          depends="init, build-app-properties"
          description="Compiles all the source files into the build directory.">
      <javac srcdir="${java.src.dir}" destdir="${class.dir}" debug="true" nowarn="true">
          <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
      </javac>
      <concat destfile="${class.dir}/app.properties" fixlastline="yes">
          <header file="${etc.dir}/app.properties.header"/>
          <fileset file="${application.properties.file}"/>
          <fileset file="${temp.properties}"/>
      </concat>
      <delete file="${temp.properties}"/>
  </target>
  

• init

  Description:

  Copies build properties prefixed with "app-" to the app.properties file.

  Dependencies:

  none

  
  <target name="init">
      <tstamp>
          <format pattern="yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss" property="build.time"/>
          <format pattern="yyyy-MM-dd_HH.mm.ss" property="file.time"/>
      </tstamp>
  
      <property name="test.property" value="some value"/>
  
      <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
      <mkdir dir="${class.dir}"/>
      <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
      <mkdir dir="${test.dir}"/>
  </target>
  

(Class) Paths

• build.classpath

  Classpath required to build project (might include things not needed for deployment).

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

• test.classpath

  Classpath required to test project.

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

General Info

• Description
• Default Target

Properties

• application.properties.file
• api.dir
• build.dir
• class.dir
• conf.dir
• docs.dir
• etc.dir
• java.src.dir
• lib.dir
• main.class
• src.dir
• temp.properties
• test.property

Targets

• build-app-properties
• compile
• init

(Class) Paths

• build.classpath
• test.classpath