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| ANT is platform independent. |
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What is a “target” in ANT? |
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| It is a task or unit of work in ANT. ANT build scripts contain a series of targets to be executed. |
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How do you import files in ANT? |
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Use the import tag outside the target.
import file = “${base.dir}/common.xml” |
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What is the syntax for compiling Java classes in ANT? |
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- The <javac> tag invokes the compiler in build.xml. The srcdir and destdir attributes of this tag set the locations for the java files and the resulting .class files.
- The <classpath> subtag sets the locations of the dependencies needed for compilation through its <fileset> subtag. |
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How do you JAR a Java project in ANT? |
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The <jar> tag creates a jar file. It's important attributes are: basedir, destdir, excludes, and includes.
Wildcards and commas are allowed in the 'includes' and 'excludes' attributes. |
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What does “depends” do in ANT? |
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| In the build.xml, if the attribute of the <target> tag is used as in depends=”targetY”, then the task will not be executed until targetY completes. |
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Explain inheritance in ANT. |
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| <antcall> and <ant> invoke inheritance. The ant task is used to invoke a target located in another build file. It makes a project scalable by allowing a growing a project to be split into child modules (build.xmls) , which are controlled by a master build file. |
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How do you use an IF statement in ANT? |
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| IF logic is not part of ANT's core tasks; however, it can be easily added by using a third-party task. Declare the namespace for the third-party library in the project tag then use the namespace with the appropriate logic tag wherever it is needed. |
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