I tried to implement a starter so that you can start a task from the command line like ant -lib JAVAFRONT -main org.apache.ant.javafront.TaskExec echo message "Hallo Welt" ant -lib JAVAFRONT -main org.apache.ant.javafront.TaskExec echoproperties prefix ant.
In Ant XML: <project><echo message="Hallo Welt"/></project> <project><echoproperties prefix="ant."/></project> The starter is: public class TaskExec implements AntMain { public void startAnt(String[] args, Properties additionalUserProperties, ClassLoader coreLoader) { Map<String, String> attributes = new Hashtable<String, String>(); // Analyzing the command line arguments String taskname = args[0]; for(int i=1; i<args.length; ) { String attrName = args[i++]; String attrValue = args[i++]; attributes.put(attrName, attrValue); } // Initializing Project project = initProject(); TagBuilder builder = TagBuilder.forProject(project); // Initializing the Task Tag tag = builder.tag(taskname); for (String key : attributes.keySet()) { tag.withAttribute(key, attributes.get(key)); } // Run the task tag.execute(); } private Project initProject() { DefaultLogger logger = new DefaultLogger(); logger.setOutputPrintStream(System.out); logger.setErrorPrintStream(System.err); Project rv = new Project(); rv.addBuildListener(logger); rv.init(); return rv; } } I cant find the mistake, but there is no output ... Any ideas? Jan