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 can generates a 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