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    <author email="antoine@apache.org">Antoine Levy-Lambert</author>
 <title>Antlib Contract</title>
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<section name="definition of antlibs">
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Antlibs are special-purpose jar files containing a deployment descriptor called antlib.xml.
These jar files contain ant tasks and types. In the near future, they will also contain custom components too able to act as filters, mappers, ...
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The precise location of the deployment descriptor is already a point of discussion. (such as com/xyz/anttasks/antlib.xml). <a href="antlib_descriptors.html#concerns concerning the location of the descriptor (Costin Manolache)">Costin Manolache would prefer deployment descriptors to live in packages </a> The original proposal is to put the deployment descriptor into META-INF/antlib.xml in the jar files.
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<section name="loading of antlibs">
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Under ant.home, a new subdirectory autolib would be created for antlibs to be loaded "spontaneously".
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antlibs can also be loaded explicitly with an &lt;antlib/&gt; task.
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                <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/ant/proposal/sandbox/antlib/docs/manual/CoreTasks/antlib.html?rev=HEAD">Antlib task documentation</a>
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                <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/ant/proposal/sandbox/antlib/docs/manual/CoreTasks/antjar.html?rev=HEAD">Antjar task documentation</a>
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  <subsection name="versions">
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ant-required-version, antlib-version (version used to build the library)
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