Ant mail task example

Here is an example of an Ant build file that performs a simple task, such as copying a file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="MyProject" default="copy-file">

  <!-- Define a target to copy a file -->
  <target name="copy-file">
    <copy file="src/main/resources/original.txt" tofile="target/copy.txt"/>
  </target>

</project>

Let me explain what's going on in this example:

• The <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> line is the XML declaration, which specifies the version of XML being used and the character encoding.
• The <project> element defines the Ant project, which contains the build script.
• The name attribute specifies the name of the project.
• The default attribute specifies the default target to run when the build script is executed.
• The <target> element defines a target, which is a specific task to perform during the build process.
• The name attribute specifies the name of the target.
• The <copy> task is used to copy a file. It has two attributes:
  • file: specifies the source file to copy.
  • tofile: specifies the destination file to copy to.

To run this build script, you would save it to a file with a .xml extension (e.g. build.xml) and then execute the following command:

ant copy-file

This would run the copy-file target, which would copy the original.txt file from the src/main/resources directory to the target directory.

Here are some other examples of Ant tasks:

• <mkdir>: creates a new directory.
• <delete>: deletes a file or directory.
• <javac>: compiles Java source code.
• <jar>: creates a JAR file.
• <ant>: runs another Ant build file.

You can find more information about Ant tasks and attributes in the Ant documentation.