I have a Java project with all source files in the src
folder. This src folder contains several packages. Some of these packages/folders do not include any Java code. They just contain some images that I use in the application as icons.
The directory structure is similar to the following.
src/
com/
example/
pk1/ # This contains only some Java files.
pk2/ # This will contain some XML and Java code.
im1/ # This subfolder will contain just the images
Now, when I use the javac
task, it compiles all the Java files into class files and stores them in the destination directory that I specify. However, an non-java files remain as is in the source folder.
I referred this Question on SO. However, I think in my case I want to include all non-Java resource files (without the need to explicitly specifying what files to be moved) automatically into the build
directory (one that contains all the class files) while following the same directory structure as in source.
Pardon me if I am missing something very trivial, but how do I ask Ant to do this?
**\*.sql means "in the given directory and inside all of its subdirectories, all the files that end with .sql"
In the Project tool window, right-click the generated build file and select Add as Ant Build File to open it in the Ant tool window. In the Select Path dialog, navigate to the desired build. xml file, and click OK. A build file should have at least a root element to be added to the Ant Build tool window.
Ant is a Java-based build tool created as part of the Apache open-source project. You can think of it as a Java version of make. Ant scripts have a structure and are written in XML. Similar to make, Ant targets can depend on other targets. For example, Ant is used in the context of plug-in development in the build.
Use the ant copy
task to copy your resources into the classes
directory (or wherever your .class
files are stored). By default, ant keeps the directory structure.
For example:
<copy todir="classes">
<fileset dir="com/example">
<exclude name="**/*.java"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
Just to complete the previous answer, the block
<copy todir="classes">
<fileset dir="com/example">
<exclude name="**/*.java"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
goes before the task javac
<javac [...]
and inside the target compile
<target name="compile" [...]
then
<target name="compile" [...]>
<copy todir="&&&" [...]>
[...]
</copy>
<javac srcdir="[...]" destdir="&&&" >
</javac>
</target>
in my case the attribute "todir" of tag "copy" it's the same of the attribute "destdir" of tag "javac"; I wanted to detailing the answer in order to give you a resolution as immediate as possible.
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