Chapter 2 Working with Apache Ant

Ant Build Script Generation

The Ant build script is an XML file. The default file name is build.xml.

PowerDesigner generates the build.xml file containing the following structure:

Common properties define the properties used for a standard J2EE application
Server specific properties define the properties used for a specific application server
Common tasks define the tasks used for a standard J2EE application
Server specific tasks define the tasks used for a specific application server
Common targets define the targets used for a standard J2EE application
Server specific targets define the targets used for a specific application server

In each server specific Extended Model Definition (XEM), you can define server specific properties, tasks, and targets for Ant. The following servers are supported:

BEA WebLogic 6 and higher
IBM WebSphere 5
Sybase EAServer 4 and higher
Apache Tomcat 4 and higher