Ant: The Definitive Guide

Table of Contents Dedication . 1 Foreword . 2 Preface 5 Structure of This Book . 5 Audience 7 What You Should Know 7 Which Platform and Version 7 Conventions Used in This book . 7 Comments and Questions . 8 Acknowledgments 9 Chapter 1. Ant Jumpstart . 10 1.1 Files and Directories . 10 1.2 The Ant Buildfile . 11 1.3 Running Ant . 13 1.4 Ant Command-Line Reference 15 1.5 Buildfile Outline . 17 1.6 Learning More 17 Chapter 2. Installation and Configuration 18 2.1 The Distribution . 18 2.2 Installation 18 2.3 Configuration . 25 Chapter 3. The Buildfile 28 3.1 Why XML? 28 3.2 Ant Building Blocks . 29 3.3 An Example Project and Buildfile . 33 3.4 The Buildfile Execution Process 45 3.5 AINASL: Ant Is Not a Scripting Language . 54 3.6 Buildfile Authoring Issues . 56 Chapter 4. Ant DataTypes . 58 4.1 DataTypes Defined . 59 4.2 XML Attribute Conventions 59 4.3 Argument DataType . 61 4.4 Environment DataType 64 4.5 FileList DataType . 66 4.6 FileSet DataType 67 4.7 PatternSet DataType . 70 4.8 FilterSet DataType . 72 4.9 Path DataType 74 4.10 Mapper DataType . 76