Ant fails without message at javac

Question

I've written an Ant build.xml file which obtains a number of source files via WSDL and compiles them. These have been working on an old, now destroyed (and therefore unavailable for comparison), system but the build process isn't completing on this newer, faster system.

The relevant section of the build file looks like this (updated):

<target name="obtain-files">
  <java classname="org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java">
    <arg line="--all --server-side --skeletonDeploy --factory --wrapArrays --output src ${srcurl}" />
  </java>
</target>

<target name="compile" depends="obtain-files">
  <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" verbose="yes" />
</target>

The .java files are downloaded/created via the WSDL service successfully, however after that point Ant simply stops & returns to the commandline.

Versions of the relevant apps:

# java -version
java version "1.6.0_14"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_14-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)
# javac -version
javac 1.6.0_14
# ant -version
Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on January 6 2007

I'm assuming that there's a problem with javac that Ant isn't passing back. Is there any way I can get some debugging information from javac? I've tried adding a <record /> tag to the target but that doesn't give any more information than running ant -v does.

Any other suggestions would be great, also!

Answer 1

The problem is not well formulated, it is necessary to get more details to understand the problem.

1. Does the the WSDL2Java generates the .java files in the output directory?
2. Is the javac been called? (it will just return if it doesn't find any to compile, the above question)
3. What is the error message you get? (or the output of the ant -v)

Answer 2

Manually installing Java, Ant, and Apache Axis fixed the problems. I'm not entirely sure what the errors were, but I do know that after Axis generated the .java files in the $src directory it would die silently, causing Ant to exist silently also. javac never got called.