Dino writes:
> I would like to have an include tag (which references another generic xml
> build file) that gets included into the build file (this is the same with
> the include keyword for makefiles). I'm finding myself writing the exact
> same rules for a number of project with the name of the jar file being
> different.
>
> A question: where can I find an example of a more complex system using
ant
> (eg having a top level build file with constructs subproject files and
each
> subproject have build files that have dependencies between subprojects)?
You can do this using XML entities. Here's a simple example:
===========
build.xml
===========
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE project [
<!ENTITY usage SYSTEM "usage.ent">
<!ENTITY zip SYSTEM "zip.ent">
<!ENTITY compile SYSTEM "compile.ent">
<!ENTITY dist SYSTEM "dist.ent">
<!ENTITY test SYSTEM "test.ent">
]>
<project name="mypackage" default="main" basedir=".">
<!-- Usage -->
&usage;
<!-- Zip Targets -->
&zip;
<!-- Compile Targets -->
&compile;
<!-- Distribution Targets -->
&dist;
<!-- Test Targets -->
&test;
</project>
Then, you build each of your ".ent" (.ent is just a convention...it can be
anything) files:
=============
compile.ent
=============
<target name="compile">
<javac .../>
</target>
etc.
I hope this helps.
Erik
