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Ant is a Java based build tool, similar
to make, but with better support for
the cross platform issues involved
with developing Java applications.
Ant is the build tool of choice for
all Java projects at Apache and many
other Open Source Java projects. Ant
can be configured to compile your
java source code files, build your
deployment JAR and WAR files, unit-test
code and create projects javadoc documentation.
Ant
1.6.0 adds a lot of new features,
most prominently support for XML namespaces
as well as a new concept of Ant libraries
that makes use of namespaces to avoid
name clashes of custom tasks.
Advantages
of Ant
- Build
IN Java, USING Java, and FOR
Java
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Supports Java Tools (javac,
javadoc, etc.)
- XML
Build File is Easier to Build,
Read, and Maintain than MAKE
file
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Easier to Extend
- Supports
Cross Platform Java Development
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Ant is much faster than using
MAKE ? Each command is a new
process
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Ant runs within the JVM
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Each command is executed from
within JVM
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Tools like javac are new threads
– not new process
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Compiling large number of
java source files is MUCH,MUCH
faster with Ant
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Ant's Debug Options are very
helpful
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XML much easier to read than
MAKEFILE
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User does not need to know
all command line interface
options to tools that can
be called programmatically
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Even OS-Specific commands
can be setup in 'TaskDefs'
and/or included from other
sources
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