Ant : Hands On

Build file to get you started:

	<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<project name="UserProfileDatabaseLayerProject" default="jar" basedir=".">
	<property name="src.dir" location="src" />
	<property name="build.dir" location="D:\build" />
	<property name="project.name" value="UserProfileDatabaseLayerProject" />
	<target name="clean">
	<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
	</target>
	<target name="makedir">
	<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
	<mkdir dir="${build.dir}/classes" />
	</target>
	<target name="compile" depends="clean,makedir">
	<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}/classes"/>
	</target>
	<target name="jar" depends="compile">
	<jar destfile="${build.dir}/jars/${project.name}.jar" basedir="${build.dir}/classes" />
	</target>
	</project>

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