Question

Got my hands on an old script from year 2000.
It’s all in Java and there is a build file which compiles it all:

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <project name="chat" default="compile" basedir=".">
        <target name="init">
            <property name="conf.dir" value="conf" />
            <property name="src.dir" value="src" />
            <property name="resource.dir" value="resource" />
            <property name="build.dir" value="build" />     
            <property name="release.dir" value="release" />
            <property name="etc.dir" value="etc" />
            <property name="lib.dir" value="lib" />
        </target>



        <target name="clean" depends="init">
            <delete dir="${build.dir}" />       
            <delete dir="${release.dir}" />
        </target>

        <target name="compile" depends="init">
            <mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
            <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false" debug="true" optimize="false" />        
        </target>

        <target name="release" depends="compile">       
            <mkdir dir="${release.dir}" />

            <jar destfile="${release.dir}/chat_service.jar" basedir="${build.dir}"  includeantruntime="false" />        
        </target>

    </project>

When I run it with ant in Windows the command prompt says:

Buildfile: build.xml

init: 

compile: BUILD SUCCESSFUL

But it doesn’t create a jar file.
All it does is copy the exact project and compile it into class files.

Does anyone know how I can create the right file?
It’s a chat server and I need it to run my client.

Answer 1

The default target of the build file is compile:

<project name="chat" default="compile" basedir=".">

So if you invoke ant without specifying a target, the compile target will be executed. To execute the release target, use

ant release