To support using Apache Ant with Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications running on the application server, the product provides a copy of the Ant tool and a set of Ant tasks that extend the capabilities of Ant to include product-specific functions. Ant has become a very popular tool among Java programmers.
Why and when to perform this task
Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is similar to Make, but Ant is different. Instead of a model in which it is extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, XML-based configuration files are used. These files reference a target tree in which various tasks are run. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular Task interface.For more detailed information about Ant, refer to the Apache organization Web site.
Steps for this task (dependent on configuration)
This topic describes where to find the API documentation for the Apache Ant tasks for deploying applications and operating application servers.
This topic describes where to find the API documentation for the Apache Ant tasks for building applications.