Ant4eclipse project is a software tool that aims to prevent duplication of Eclipse and Ant setups, ensuring a more efficient software configuration.
The ant4eclipse project provides a set of Ant tasks that can be used to integrate Eclipse configurations into Ant buildscripts. Its aim is to reduce the redundancy of Eclipse and Ant configurations, making it easier to keep your Eclipse and Ant configurations in sync. With ant4eclipse, you can set up classpathes, checkout complete workspaces, and run Java applications as configured in an Eclipse Launch Configuration.
With these tasks, you can create a complete automatic build system that starts by checking out all required projects from CVS, builds all projects in the correct order with classpath settings as specified in Eclipse, and launches your applications as they are specified in Eclipse. If you or someone else changes a configuration in Eclipse, those changes are immediately visible to your buildfiles without changing a single line of code.
Requirements for ant4eclipse include JDK 1.4 and JDK5, and it's built and tested against Ant 1.6. The use of Ant contrib tasks is recommended to fully utilize the power of ant4eclipse. This latest release includes support for Subversion and several bug fixes. Overall, ant4eclipse is a powerful tool for developers looking to streamline their build processes and reduce redundancy in their projects.
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