Question

I have a set of databases that are built using scripts that are run using Ant.
I have the scripts for each database in a separate directory.

root (build.xml)
 - db1 (build.xml, *.sql)
 - db2 (build.xml, *.sql)
...

The root build.xml has a target

<target name="all">
 <ant dir="db1"/>
 <ant dir="db2"/>
 ...
</target>

The build.xml in each of the subfolders is essentially the same but for the database name.

Is there a way to refactor this to one single build file that runs the sql scripts in each of the folders against the corresponding databases?

Answer 1

Have a look at the subant task. The examples in the docs show how it can be used to iteratively invoke Ant builds in subdirectories.