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Hello World in Ant
Create a directory "My Project".
Use a text editor such as Kate, Gedit or Notepad to create a file called build.xml within directory "My Project":
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="My Project" default="hello">
<target name="hello">
<echo>Hello World!</echo>
</target>
</project>
The first line in the file is flush left (no indentation). It tells ant that this is an XML file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
The next line names the (required) project "My Project" and its default target "hello":
<project name="My Project" default="hello">
The central three lines name and define the only target ("hello") and task ("echo") in the file:
Hello World!
You can now open a shell and cd to the "My Project" directory you created and type "ant"
Output of Hello World
Buildfile: build.xml
hello:
[echo] Hello World!
Build Successful
Total time 0 seconds
Variations
Try changing the echo line to be the following:
What is the result? Try the following also:
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