Research: Building build.xml with XVCL.

Generating an Apache Ant script (build.xml) when maintaining a project like cjos.sourceforge.net.

• Consistent build.xml design and scripting.
• Create self-contained project distribution.

See also

• For an example of generating an Apache Ant script with XVCL, see also our Distribution Generator.

SPC

 <x-frame name="spc" outdir="xml">
 <adapt x-frame="demo"/>
 </x-frame>

demo.xml

 <x-frame name="demo" language="ant">
 <set var="project-name" value="demo"/>
 <set var="depends" value="compile,jar"/>
 <adapt x-frame="ant-build.xml"/>
 <insert-after break="target-custom">
 <target name="compile"/>

 <target name="jar"/>
 </insert>
 </x-frame>

ant-build.xml

 <x-frame name="ant-build" language="ant" outfile="build.xml">
 <project name="<value-of expr="?@project-name?"/>
   basedir="."
   default="build">
 <break name="target-init">
   <target name="init">
     <tstamp/>
     <echo message="${basedir}"/>
   </target>
 </break>

 <break name="target-taskdef">
 <if-def var="taskdef">
 <adapt x-frame="?@taskdef?"/>
 </if-def>
 </break>


 <break name="target-custom"/>


 <break name="target-build">
 <target name="build" depends="init,<value-of expr="?@depends?"/>
 </break>
 </project>
 </x-frame>