Ant example source code file (ant.xml)

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<project name="ant-test" basedir="." default="test1">

  <path id="inheritable">
    <pathelement path="${java.class.path}" />
  </path>

  <target name="cleanup">
    <delete file="test1.log" />
    <delete file="test2.log" />
    <delete file="ant/test3.log" />
    <delete file="ant/test4.log" />
  </target>

  <target name="all" depends="test1,test2,test3,test4"/>

  <target name="test1">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" dir="." target="test1"/>
  </target>

  <target name="test2">
    <antcall/>
  </target>

  <target name="test3">
    <antcall target="test3"/>
  </target>

  <target name="test4">
    <antcall target=""/>
  </target>

  <target name="test4b">
    <antcall target="does-not-exist"/>
  </target>

  <target name="test5">
    <antcall target="dummy"/>
  </target>

  <target name="test6">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" dir="." target="dummy"/>
  </target>

  <target name="dummy">
  </target>

  <target name="inheritBasedir">
    <ant antfile="ant/ant.xml" target="dummy" inheritAll="true" />
  </target>

  <target name="doNotInheritBasedir">
    <ant antfile="ant/ant.xml" target="dummy" inheritAll="false" />
  </target>

  <target name="explicitBasedir1">
    <ant antfile="taskdefs/ant/ant.xml" target="dummy" inheritAll="true" 
         dir=".." />
  </target>

  <target name="explicitBasedir2">
    <ant antfile="taskdefs/ant/ant.xml" target="dummy" inheritAll="false" 
         dir=".." />
  </target>

  <target name="tripleCall">
    <ant antfile="ant/ant.xml" target="callback" inheritAll="false" />
  </target>

  <target name="testInherit">
    <ant antfile="ant/references.xml" inheritRefs="true" target="dummy" />
  </target>

  <target name="testNoInherit">
    <ant antfile="ant/references.xml" inheritRefs="false" target="dummy" />
  </target>

  <target name="testRename">
    <ant antfile="ant/references.xml" inheritRefs="false" target="dummy">
      <reference refid="path" torefid="newpath" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="testInheritPath" description="try to pass a reference to a path, which refers itself to a second path">
    <property name="rootdir" location="."/>
    <path id="project.classpath">
      <pathelement location="../classes"/>
    </path>
    <path id="test.classpath">
      <pathelement location="${rootdir}/test/testframework.jar"/>
      <path refid="project.classpath"/>
    </path>
    <ant antfile="ant/references.xml"  target="testInheritPath">
      <reference refid="test.classpath"/>
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="testLogfilePlacement">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="dummy" output="test1.log"
         inheritall="false" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="dummy" output="test2.log" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="dummy" output="test3.log"
         inheritall="false" dir="ant" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="dummy" output="test4.log" 
         dir="ant" />
  </target>

  <target name="testRefid">
    <ant antfile="ant/references.xml" inheritRefs="false" target="dummy">
      <property name="testprop" refid="inheritable" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-inheritall-start">
    <property name="test" value="1" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml"
         target="test-property-override-inheritall-level-2"
         inheritall="true">
      <property name="test" value="2" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-inheritall-level-2">
    <property name="test" value="3" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml"
         target="test-property-override-inheritall-level-3"
         inheritall="true">
      <property name="test" value="4" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-inheritall-level-3">
    <property name="test" value="5" />
    <echo message="The value of test is ${test}" />
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-no-inheritall-start">
    <property name="test" value="1" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml"
         target="test-property-override-no-inheritall-level-2"
         inheritall="false">
      <property name="test" value="2" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-no-inheritall-level-2">
    <property name="test" value="3" />
    <ant antfile="ant.xml"
         target="test-property-override-no-inheritall-level-3"
         inheritall="false">
      <property name="test" value="4" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="test-property-override-no-inheritall-level-3">
    <property name="test" value="5" />
    <echo message="The value of test is ${test}" />
  </target>

  <target name="test-propertyset">
    <property name="test1" value="1"/>
    <property name="test2" value="2"/>
    <propertyset id="set">
      <propertyref name="test1"/>
      <mapper type="glob" from="*" to="*.x"/>
    </propertyset>
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="echo-for-propertyset-test" 
         inheritall="false">
      <propertyset refid="set"/>
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="echo-for-propertyset-test">
    <echo>test1 is ${test1}
    <echo>test2 is ${test2}
    <echo>test1.x is ${test1.x}
  </target>

  <target name="infinite-loop-via-depends">
    <antcall target="dependent"/>
  </target>

  <target name="middleman" depends="infinite-loop-via-depends"/>
  <target name="dependent" depends="middleman"/>
  
  <target name="multi-same-property">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml" target="echo-for-multi-same">
      <property name="prop" value="one"/>
      <property name="prop" value="two"/>
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="echo-for-multi-same">
    <echo>prop is ${prop}
  </target>

  <target name="topleveltarget">
    <ant antfile="ant.topleveltest.xml"/>
  </target>

  <target name="multiple-property-file-children">
    <ant target="dummy" antfile="ant.xml">
      <property file="foo.properties"/>
      <property file="bar.properties"/>
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="blank-target">
    <ant antfile="ant.topleveltest.xml">
      <target name="" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="multiple-targets">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml">
      <target name="ta" />
      <target name="tb" />
      <target name="tc" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="multiple-targets-2">
    <ant antfile="ant.xml">
      <target name="tb" />
      <target name="da" />
    </ant>
  </target>

  <target name="ta">ta
  <target name="tb" depends="da,dc">tb
  <target name="tc" depends="db,dc">tc

  <target name="da">da
  <target name="db">db
  <target name="dc">dc

</project>