Cascading build.xml files

[Leonardo Junquera <le...@followup.net>]

I'm trying to determine how best to use ant in projects with multiple
sub-components.  I was thinking of a master build.xml file that calls xml
files in the sub directories of my projects.  Is anybody else building
projects like this?  Would I simply call the exec command for that sub
directory?  Thanks in advance.

Re: Cascading build.xml files

[Ken Wood <kw...@i2.com>]

Look at the documentation for the 'ant' task for invoking other build
files...

Leonardo Junquera wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to determine how best to use ant in projects with multiple
> sub-components.  I was thinking of a master build.xml file that calls xml
> files in the sub directories of my projects.  Is anybody else building
> projects like this?  Would I simply call the exec command for that sub
> directory?  Thanks in advance.

RE: Cascading build.xml files

[Scotte Zinn <sz...@patronix.com>]

I'm using a system like this.  I have a master Build.xml that knows how to
build all of the subprojects and contains the dependencies between the
projects.  I then have a Build.xml for each of the projects that can build
that project.

I have also set it up such that I can build from the sub-project Build.xml
which will, in turn, do a target in the root Build.xml to build just the
project I started with (but it will build all of the required projects).

I am new to Ant so this might not be the best way to do it, but it serves my
environment.

-- Scotte

-----Original Message-----
From: Leonardo Junquera [mailto:leoj@followup.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:07 PM
To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Cascading build.xml files


I'm trying to determine how best to use ant in projects with multiple
sub-components.  I was thinking of a master build.xml file that calls xml
files in the sub directories of my projects.  Is anybody else building
projects like this?  Would I simply call the exec command for that sub
directory?  Thanks in advance.