Thread: Apache Ant XML tag reference?

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    Apache Ant XML tag reference?

    I looked through the Ant manual -- useless
    I tried googling for a list of Ant XML tags -- millions of results, but nothing obvious on the first few pages.

    All I'm looking for is a simple list of all the Ant XML tags that you can use with a description of what they do and how to use them. Does such a thing exist?

    Ex.
    <project> -- This does blah blah... Here's the tag properties you can use with it: name, default...
    <property> -- This does blah blah... Here's the tag properties you can use with it: name, value...
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    Err... what do you mean useless, cpjust?

    Take a better look at Using Ant in http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html. It's all there.
    And while in there, under Tasks, you get treated to Built-in Tasks and Optional Tasks lists, plus how to write your own tasks.
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    The info might all be in there, but I'd have to read the entire Ant manual to find it all, and right now I don't have time to read the entire thing - I have way too many other things to learn in my new job.
    I'm trying to find an A to Z list of all the XML tags that you can use in Ant. In other words - a "Quick Reference Guide".
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    Did you at least do what I suggested you to do?
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    I already looked at that manual, and didn't see anything. Then I took another look at the Tasks section like you suggested, and there they all are... It would help if they called them XML Tags instead of just Tasks though.

    Thanks for helping me find them!
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    tasks = something to do

    It's kinda the purpose of those particular xml tags. If you know how to write a makefile you should be able to do a basic ant script pretty quickly and easily by skimming apache's manual.
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    It would help if they called them XML Tags instead of just Tasks though.
    That would be misleading. The section doesn't contain all tags, only tasks. Things like <fileset>, <property> and others are explained elsewhere.
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