Chapter 2 Working with Apache Ant

Apache Ant

Apache Ant is a Java based open source build utility developed by The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org ).

Ant is widely used by Java developers. Many Java IDEs use Ant to support custom build tasks.

You can download Ant from http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html .

Ant uses an XML file to define:

• Properties
• Tasks
• Targets

The default build file is build.xml.

Ant supports:

• Dependencies
• Custom build tasks

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