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This chapter looks in more detail at some best practices for using Ant on real projects. First I describe the use of property files to enable configuration of the build process depending on a user's role and requirements. I then describe how best to integrate Ant with IBM Rational ClearCase. Finally, I look at some general best practices for supporting the build process on large projects.
Apache Ant is a powerful build tool with significant built-in capabilities. However, a few capabilities and best practices stand out; they are described here. After reading this chapter, you will be able to
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This chapter assumes that you are familiar with the basic concepts of Apache Ant that were discussed in Chapter 4, "Defining Your Build and Release Scripts."
From the perspective of Chapter 4, an Ant build.xml file is a single centralized build file that defines a repeatable process for bringing together an application, usually producing some form of executable output. Although a single build.xmlfile can be enough to drive the build process, in practice it can quickly become large and unwieldy. In software development in general, it is recommended that you separate the data from the processes so that configuration changes can be made simply by focusing on and changing data alone. In Ant this is achieved through the use of property files. This section describes different uses of these property files:
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I will start by looking at default and build property files.
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