## Ant

### Description

Runs Ant on a supplied buildfile. This can be used to build subprojects.

When the antfile attribute is omitted, the file "build.xml" in the supplied directory (dir attribute) is used.

If no target attribute is supplied, the default target of the new project is used.

By default, all of the properties of the current project will be available in the new project. Alternatively, you can set the inheritAll attribute to `false` and only "user" properties (i.e., those passed on the command-line) will be passed to the new project. In either case, the set of properties passed to the new project will override the properties that are set in the new project (See also the property task).

You can also set properties in the new project from the old project by using nested property tags. These properties are always passed regardless of the setting of inheritAll. This allows you to parameterize your subprojects.

### Parameters

Attribute | Description | Required
antfile | the buildfile to use. Defaults to "build.xml". | No
dir | the directory to use as a basedir for the new Ant project. Defaults to the current directory. | No
target | the target of the new Ant project that should be executed. | No
output | Filename to write the ant output to. | No
inheritAll | If `true`, pass all properties to the new Ant project. Defaults to `true`. | No

### Examples

      <ant antfile="subproject/subbuild.xml" dir="subproject" target="compile"/>

      <ant dir="subproject"/>

      <ant antfile="subproject/property_based_subbuild.xml">
        <property name="param1" value="version 1.x"/>
        <property file="config/subproject/default.properties"/>
      </ant>

      <ant inheritAll="false" antfile="subproject/subbuild.xml">
        <property name="output.type" value="html"/>
      </ant>

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