Chapter 2 Working with Apache Ant

Introduction

PowerAMC supports many features for J2EE applications like Object/Relational mapping (O/R mapping), generation of Web Service artifacts, Enterprise JavaBeanTM (EJBTM), Servlets and JSPs, compiling and deployment of J2EE applications directly from PowerAMC.

However, developers may need to write code in their favorite Java IDE or text editor, then compile, deploy and test using a build utility like Apache Ant.

PowerAMC can generate an Ant build script file when you generate the Java code. It allows you to edit the Java code using any editor, then compile, package and deploy using the Ant command line. It greatly simplifies the design, development and deployment process.

This chapter explains how to use PowerAMC to generate an Ant build script.