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5 5  * [[WOProject Ant Tasks (old site)>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/ant/]]
6 6  * [[Embedding WOFrameworks]]
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7 7  Please see the link to the old site above until the core documentation is moved to this new wiki.
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9 9  === Introduction ===
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11 -Ant build files are broken into what are called 'targets', similar to a Makefile. These targets are a group of, what are called, 'tasks'. Tasks are used for getting work done; they make something happend directly, e.g. move files on the filesystem, compile java source files into classes, transfer files from one server to another over ssh, etc.
12 +Ant build files are broken into what are called '[[targets>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html#targets]]', similar to a [[Makefile>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makefile]]. These targets are a group of, what are called, '[[tasks>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/tasksoverview.html]]'. Tasks are used for getting work done; they make something happend directly, e.g. [[move files>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/move.html]] on the filesystem, [[compile java>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html]] source files into classes, [[transfer files>>http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/scp.html]] from one server to another over ssh, etc.
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13 13  While Ant is distributed with around fifty built-in tasks, any number of customized tasks can easily be added by developers outside of the core Ant team.
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15 -WOProject is such a project. WOProject adds a half dozen tasks to Ant. These tasks allow WebObject developers the freedom to use Ant in their build process, instead of the using Apple's XCode suite.
16 +WOProject is such a project. WOProject adds a half dozen tasks to Ant. These tasks allow WebObject developers the freedom to use Ant in their build process, instead of the using Apple's XCode suite. A few of these tasks are: [[WOCompile>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/ant/wocompile.html]], [[WOApplication>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/ant/woapplication.html]], [[WOFramework>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/ant/woframework.html]]. After [[installing WOProject>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/ant/index.html]], these tasks can be used directly in the typical Ant build.xml file in building your WebObjects projects.
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18 +See the link above to the old site for in-depth documentation on each of these new tasks, as well as their [[APIs>>http://objectstyle.org/woproject-old/api/index.html]].
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17 17  Reasons for using Ant to build WebObjects frameworks and applications:
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19 19  * Ant if highly configurable and flexible, with constant additions from the open source community, and is considered a defacto standard by the Java community
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21 -* Builds of project with a very large number of files without dependency failures
24 +* Builds of projects with a very large number of files without dependency failures
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23 23  * Allows easy automation of daily builds for team of developers, i.e. nightly builds for smoke testing, etc.