Chapter 2 Working with Apache Ant

Running the Ant Build Script

To build an application using Ant, you can use the command:

ant [-buildfile <filename>.xml] [<targetName>]

The following are examples of Ant commands:

• ant help - displays help
• ant –buildfile makefile.xml -
• ant compile - compiles the entire application
• ant javadoc - generates Javadocs
• ant pack - generates the .EAR, .WAR, .JAR files
• ant verify - verifies the generated .EAR file using the j2eeverifier
• ant deploy - deploys the application
• ant –Duser=wxy –Dpassword=wxy deploy - deploys the application, overriding the default user name and password

The available targets depends on the application server.

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