Chapter 2 Working with Apache Ant

Ant Targets

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

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

The available targets depend on the application server.

PowerDesigner generates an Ant build script including the following targets:

• Standard J2EE application - PowerDesigner generates the following targets:
  
  
  • help - displays help
  • all - Build the entire application
  • compile - compiles the entire application
  • javadoc - generates Javadocs
  • clean - Clean the generated files
  • pack - generates the .EAR, .WAR, .JAR files
  • verify - verifies the generated .EAR file using the j2eeverifier
  • rebuild - Rebuild the entire application
• BEA WebLogic Server - PowerDesigner generates the following additional targets:
  
  
  • deploy - Deploy J2EE application in BEA WebLogic Server
  • –Duser=wxy –Dpassword=wxy deploy - deploys the application, overriding the default user name and password
• IBM WebSphere Application Server - PowerDesigner generates the following additional targets:
  
  
  • deploy - Deploy J2EE application in IBM WebSphere Server
  • –Duser=wxy –Dpassword=wxy deploy - deploys the application, overriding the default user name and password
• Sybase EAServer - PowerDesigner generates the following additional targets:
  
  
  • deploy - Deploy J2EE application in Sybase EAServer
  • –Duser=wxy –Dpassword=wxy deploy - deploys the application, overriding the default user name and password
• Apache Tomcat - PowerDesigner generates the following additional targets:
  
  
  • deploy - Deploy web applications in Apache Tomcat
  • –Duser=wxy –Dpassword=wxy deploy - deploys the application, overriding the default user name and password
  • undeploy - Undeploy deployed web applications from Apache Tomcat
  • install - Install web applications in Apache Tomcat
  • remove - Remove installed web applications from Apache Tomcat
  • reload - Reload web applications in Apache Tomcat
  • start - Start web applications in Apache Tomcat
  • stop - Stop web applications in Apache Tomcat
  • list - List installed web applications in Apache Tomcat

Example of result:

ant pack
Buildfile: build.xml
compile:
     [echo] Compiling Java classes...
    [javac] Compiling 17 source files to E:\EJB Tests\EAServer\Test3\classes
pack:
     [echo] Packaging the application...
      [war] Building war: E:\EJB Tests\EAServer\Test3\Order3.war
      [jar] Building jar: E:\EJB Tests\EAServer\Test3\Order3.jar
      [ear] Building ear: E:\EJB Tests\EAServer\Test3\Order3.ear

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

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