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Execute Ant task with Maven

Hi, I'm trying to execute with Maven some test written using Ant tasks. I generated the files required to import the task into Maven, but I can't execute them. My POM is defined this way: <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-ant-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> <executions> <e...

project dependency tree by using ant

Hi guys, I am trying to compile a j2ee project, and the solution file includes many source projects, libraries. some of source projects have dependency with other source projects. And this compile task will be done by using ant task. is there third party library allows me to do this task quickly? next step after compiling will be expor...

Does a recursive Ant task exist to recover properties from external file?

Hi, I ve got a problem in getting properties with ant from a properties file. With a simple target like this in my build.xml, i'd like to get at least two properties path1 and path2. I'd like to have a generic target to get this two properties.... in order to avoid modifying the build.xml (just adding a new prop) Any suggestions? T...

copying a jar file in Apache Ant

I need to copy a jar file from one directory to another when my project is built. Placing the statement: <copy file="${test.dir}/MyFirstTest.jar" todir="${share.path}"/> works fine when the project is built alone, but if I clean and build the project I get a warning informing me that the ${test.dir}/ directory hasn't been created yet....

How can I get JavaDoc into a JunitReport?

Hi - I'm a tester, with some Java and plenty of bash coding experience. My team is building an automated functional test harness using JUnit 4 and ant. Testers write automated tests in Java and use JavaDoc to document these tests. We're using ant's JunitReport task to generate our test result reports. This works superbly for reporting...

escaping a dollar in the middle of an ant property

I have a property whose value contains a $. I'd like to use this property as a regexp in a propertyregexp. Ant appears to resolve the property as a paramater to the propertyregexp, but then the dollar gets interpreted as a regexp symbol. Example: <property name="a" value="abc$" /> <property name="b" value="xyz" /> <path id="paths"> <...

Specify package name and output folder from Android-generated ant build file?

I dont want to hardcode the name of the package or where it lives when building an Android project with ant. Im using the build file generated by Android. What properties contain the output folder (bin) and package name (e.g. package.apk) ? ...

add images into jar ,into specipic locate using ANT

i am successfully inserting images into my jar file but all images go to the root directory inside the jar how can i place image in a specific location inside the jar this is what i have so far ,thank you <target name="dist" depends="compile" description="generate the distribution"> <jar jarfile="target/jarFile.jar" basedir=...

Make Ant's delete task fail when a directory exists and is not deleted but not when it doesn't exist at all.

I have tho following clean function in my build script and I'd like to know how I can improve it. <target name="clean" description="Clean output directories."> <!-- Must not fail on error because it fails if directories don't exist. Is there really no better way to do this? --> <delete includeEmptyDirs="true" failonerro...

Compile Eclipse Project With Ant

I don't have eclipse on my system at all, but I have on my hands an eclipse project (flex) that I would like to compile and I was wondering if there was any way to do it with minimal to no changes having to be made. Is this possible? ...

propertyregex removes return characters in multiline

I'm using ants propertyregex method to change a property and it works fine up to a point. I'm lossing return characters. Here's what I'm trying to change: cluster.path=\ ${nbplatform.active.dir}/harness:\ ${nbplatform.active.dir}/platform:\ ${nbplatform.active.dir}/nb This is in a .properties file. So I'm trying to change it like th...

Can Grails output error messages in emacs format?

Ant has a -e option for outputting error messages that can be parsed by emacs' compile command. For example, it is possible to do M-x compile, ant -e, then nagivate to any errors with C-x `. Is it possible to make grails output its compilation errors in this format? Alternatively, is there an emacs variable that can be customized to h...

Ant build from Android-generated build file fails - how to fix?

Building our Android app from Ant fails with this error: [apply] [apply] UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL ERROR: [apply] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space [apply] at java.util.HashMap.<init>(HashMap.java:209) [apply] at java.util.HashSet.<init>(HashSet.java:86) [apply] at com.android.dx.ssa.Dominators....

Maven build fails on an Ant FTP task failure

I'm using the FTP Ant task with maven-antrun-plugin <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>ftp</id> <phase>generate-resources</phase> <configuration> <tasks> ...

Layout of Ant build.xml with junit tests

In a project I have a folder src for all application source code and a different folder test for all junit test (both with a simular package hierarchy). Now I want that Ant can run all tests in in test folder, bot the problem is that now also files in the src folder with "Test" in the filename are included. This is the test target in ...

Error during maven/ant build: "[java] Timestamp response not valid"

My maven build started failing randomly, and it got the following error which I cannot make sense of, and googling it doesn't give me anything useful: [echo] Creating a full package... [java] Timestamp response not valid [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ----------...

In Ant, what's the difference between <sourcepath> and <src> elements?

In Ant, what's the difference between <sourcepath> and <src> elements? I'm using them as sub elements of <javac>. I read through the manual but maybe I missed the definition of <src>. Thanks! ...

How to stop an IOException error using whilst using a combination of jython, pyro and ant?

So the wonderful low down on this doozie of a problem: short version: We are building a distribution system for this item of software we're using. Basically we take out build artifact, store it on an ftp server which passes it to multiple clients which execute scripts to patch their servers. Long version: 1 distribution server mult...

RMIC ant task failing with base not supported

I am running the following target in my build.xml <target name="rmiserver"> <rmic base="../bin" classname="com.deleted.ctiv.remote.IvProvisionerResponseImpl"></rmic> </target> and I get the following error [startAnt] [exec] BUILD FAILED [startAnt] [exec] /home/gtaadm/gta/tomcat-5.5.20-8/webapps/taiga-2.0/project/working/EBI...

Ant + JUnit = ClassNotFoundExceptions when running tests?

I'm trying to run some tests in Ant presently using JUnit, and all of my tests are failing with the following stacktrace: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mypackage.MyTestCase It doesn't make too much sense to me. I'm first compiling my test cases using <javac>, then directly running the <junit> task to run the tests. My buildfil...