gwt 1.7 compile from ant build file

Question

Hello all,

I need to compile my GWT 1.7 project from my ant build file....anyone know how to do that???

I was able to do this in GWT 1.5 with the following code in my ant file:

<target name="compile">
   <exec executable="${root.dir}/HelloWorld-compile.cmd"  failonerror="true"/>

Answer 1

Hi rafael, here are some ant targets that I use to run in hosted mode and to compile using gwt 1.7.1.

<property name="src.dir" value="src/main/java" />
<property name="build.dir" value="war" />

<path id="compile.classpath">
     <fileset dir="${build.dir}/WEB-INF/lib">
      <include name="**/*.jar" />
      <include name="**/*.xml" />
     </fileset>
    </path>

<target name="hosted" depends="javac" description="Starts gwt project in a standalone hosted browser and runs embedded jetty on port 8888">
         <java failonerror="true" fork="true" classname="com.google.gwt.dev.HostedMode">
          <classpath>
           <pathelement location="${src.dir}" />
           <path refid="compile.classpath" />
          </classpath>
          <jvmarg value="-Xms256M" />
          <jvmarg value="-Xmx256M" />
          <arg value="-startupUrl" />
          <arg value="index.html" />
          <arg value="com.gwt-example.ModuleName" />
         </java>
        </target>

<target name="gwtc" depends="javac" description="GWT compile to JavaScript">
         <java failonerror="true" fork="true" classname="com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler">
          <classpath>
           <pathelement location="${src.dir}" />
           <path refid="compile.classpath" />
          </classpath>
          <jvmarg value="-Xmx256M" />
          <arg value="com.gwt-example.ModuleName" />
         </java>
        </target>