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  ''I'm confused. I was told that Java (static typing, compiled to bytecodes, etc.) is a totally different language than JavaScript (dynamic typing, interpreted, etc.). Are we using Java for scripting here ? Or are we actually using JavaScript ? Or both ?''
  
+ ''AFAICT, the scripting language is EmcaScript (aka JavaScript), but a java binding layer was added so that the java script can create and manuipulate java objects.''
  === How to import classes which are '''not''' on Ant´s classpath? ===
  
  Ok, now we can use Ant´s classes and the whole javax.*-stuff. But if I need some custom classes? For example I have to create a reverse sorted list of files. Getting the list of files is no problem. Sorting can be done by java.util.TreeSet. But I need a custom Comparator which does the specific comparison. So I implement one and store it in ${basedir}/ext.

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