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Apache Ant Tasks
Task is a piece of code that can be executed. A task can have multiple attributes and each task has a common structure. A common structure consists of task-name, attributes etc. See an example below.
Task Structure
A task may comprises of:
Apache Ant tasks are categories into two category.
- Built-in Tasks
- User defined Tasks
Apache Ant Predefined (Built-In) Tasks
Tasks those are provided by Apache Ant itself in it’s library are known as built-in tasks. Apache ant provides large number of built-in tasks which can be used to execute distinguish tasks. A list is given below.
- Archive Tasks
- Audit Tasks
- Compile Tasks
- Execution Tasks
- File Tasks
- Logging Tasks
- Mail Tasks
and many more…
Archive Tasks
Tasks which are used to compress and uncompress data are know as archive tasks. Some common built-in archived tasks are tabled below.
| Task Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Ear | An extension of the Jar task with special treatment for files. |
| Jar | A set of files. |
| Tar | Creates a tar archive. |
| Unjar | Unzips a jarfile. |
| Untar | Untars a tarfile. |
| Unwar | Unzips a warfile. |
| Unzip | Unzip a zip file. |
| War | An extension of the Jar tasks. |
Audit Tasks