Tidy Imports (Tim)
- Tim is a handy utility that can be executed on the command
- line or via Ant that automatically formats your import
- declarations. Tim is capable of removing unused imports,
- expanding or collapsing imports and even organising them into
- pre-determined groups.
-
+ Note: While the domain is active (for .NET projects) the page itself is not longer available.
TiniAnt
TiniAnt is an Ant task to support building applications for
the TINI.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Mar 05 2002. (jhm)
@@ -5781,59 +5675,14 @@
Venus Application Publisher's (Vamp) Ant Task Suite
- Venus Application Publisher's (Vamp) Ant Task Suite allows
- you to sign and package your applications into relocatable Web
- Archives that you can drop into your web server for
- single-click launching using Java Web Start or into single
- Java Archive installers that serve up their content through a
- built-in, multi-threaded, ultra light-weight web server.
-
+ Note: The website is not longer available.
Version_Tool
A versioning tool for Ant.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 19 2004. (jhm)
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on May 06 2004. (jhm)
WSDLValidate
- WSDLValidate is, as it sounds, a tool to validate WSDL files.
- WSDLValidate
- is similar in configuration to the optional Ant task XMLValidate.
- WSDLValidate can optionally validate a WSDL document against the WS-I Basic Profile.
-
- WSDLValidate is available as an Ant task, an Eclipse plug-in and a
- command line utility.
+ WSDLValidate is, as it sounds, a tool to validate WSDL files.
|
- http://www.eclipse.org/wsvt
+ http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/
|
@@ -6019,8 +5867,7 @@
- Project newsgroup and
- mailing list
+ Project newsgroup and mailing list
|
@@ -6244,6 +6091,8 @@
generate textual release notes from an XML file. This is an
open framework that enables to integrate the information
coming from VSC and bug tracking solutions, for instance.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Sep 04 2005. (jhm)
Gel
- Java IDE with support for Ant. Gel is a native Microsoft
- Windows software.
+ Java IDE with support for Ant. Gel is a native Microsoft Windows software.
+ Note: The website recommends using another IDE because GEL is not longer maintained.
-
- IntelliJ IDEA 5.0
+
+ IntelliJ IDEA
Java IDE with refactoring support and Ant integration.
The IDE has special editing and navigation support for Ant.
@@ -6899,9 +6748,7 @@
JBuilder
- Borland JBuilder
- comes with built-in Ant support, including build file editing.
- Some versions come with Ant debugging support.
+ Embarcadero JBuilder comes (as Eclipse based product) with built-in Ant support.
|
- http://jdee.sunsite.dk/
+ http://jdee.sourceforge.net/
|
@@ -6979,7 +6826,7 @@
- JDEE Mailing list.
+ JDEE Mailing list.
|
diff --git a/docs/projects.html b/docs/projects.html
index 86df943c2..3b60652b6 100644
--- a/docs/projects.html
+++ b/docs/projects.html
@@ -670,54 +670,7 @@
AntShellExt (Ant Shell Extension)
- Ant Shell Extension is a Windows Explorer enhancement that adds a contextual
- menu when you right click over an Ant xml file, so you can execute all the actions
- defined in that file without going to a command console or starting your favourite
- IDE to make a simple clean.
-
+ The domain is sold and we did not found it any more.
Antworks
@@ -939,6 +892,8 @@
applications. JAM supports EJB and Servlet/JSP development using XDoclet,
JUnit, Cactus, Maven, Castor and MDA/UML code generation on various J2EE
servers including JBoss.
+ From JAMs website: NOTICE: As of June 2006 JAM is no longer supported.
+ We recommend Maven 2 Tasks for Ant as a replacement.
|
- http://www.javagen.com/jam.jsp
- |
-
-
-
- Contact:
- |
-
- Feedback
- Bug Reports
-
+ http://www.javagen.com/jam/
|
@@ -1070,7 +1013,7 @@
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/luntbuild/
+ http://luntbuild.javaforge.com/
|
@@ -1200,6 +1143,8 @@
Rant stands for Remote Ant. It is a distributed build
system that allows an Ant build file to launch builds on other
systems and receive exceptions should they occur.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 09 2002. (jhm)
|
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/remoteant/
+ http://remoteant.sourceforge.net/
|
@@ -1246,15 +1191,12 @@
Savant
- Savant helps simplify builds and codebases by handling the
- resolution of project dependencies automatically. Savant supports
- Maven style dependency downloads and various other methods of
- retrieving dependencies, including fetching files from CVS modules.
- Savant goes a step further than other dependency solutions and provides
- the means for multiple internal projects to build each other in order
- to resolve inter-project dependencies.
- Savant can be used via various Ant types and tasks as well as used
- from any Java application including those that do not make use of Ant.
+ Savant is a build and dependency management tool written in Java. Savant can be used in
+ two different ways:
+ - As a stand-alone build tool that wraps Apache Ant and provides a number of cool new
+ features such as plugins that are versioned and downloadable
+ - As a set of tasks which can be used within Apache Ant build files
+
diff --git a/xdocs/external.xml b/xdocs/external.xml
index e6f2b967b..81a1c69cf 100644
--- a/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
Stefan Bodewig
External Tools and Tasks
+
@@ -122,31 +123,7 @@
-
- Ant2Svg creates a graphical representation of an Ant build file.
- The graphical representation is in the form of a Scalable Vector
- Graphics (SVG) file that can be displayed in a web browser. This
- simplified SVG depiction helps the developer understand build file
- structure and identify extraneous or missing dependencies.
-
-
-
- Compatibility: |
- Ant 1.6.1 and higher |
-
-
- URL: |
- http://www.spiritedsw.com/ant2svg/ |
-
-
- Contact: |
- loney <at> spiritedsw <dot> com |
-
-
- License: |
- Apache License 2.0 |
-
-
+ The domain is sold and we did not found it any more.
@@ -332,9 +309,8 @@
-
Provides simple inheritance between ant files
-
+ As noted on the website, this project is deprected.
Compatibility: |
@@ -537,11 +513,11 @@
URL: |
- http://www.hammurapi.biz/products/buildnumber |
+ http://www.hammurapi.biz/hammurapi-biz/ef/xmenu/hammurapi-group/products/build-number/ |
Contact: |
- Project Contact Page |
+ Project Contact Page |
License: |
@@ -584,8 +560,9 @@
- ChownTask is an Ant task to change ownership of files on
- Unix.
+ ChownTask is an Ant task to change ownership of files on Unix.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 16 2003. (jhm)
@@ -704,11 +681,11 @@
URL: |
- http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/ |
+ http://cocoon.apache.org |
Documentation: |
- http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/offline/ant.html |
+ http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/offline/ant.html |
Contact: |
@@ -731,6 +708,9 @@
for CVS-directories) for you. Only place one build.xml file in
the top and call target 'setup' or
'rescan'.
+
+ As of 2009-03-06 this site was offline due database problems. So we do not know
+ if this still longer exist. But you could also try Ants own <subant> task.
@@ -789,6 +769,9 @@
such as ibiblio.org. Uses a local cache to avoid repeated
downloads.
+ Note: While the HttpUnit site is still active, the referenced URL is not available.
+ You could also try Ivy.
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -807,7 +790,7 @@
MIT License |
-
+
Dependency Finder extracts dependencies and OO metrics from
@@ -1029,6 +1012,10 @@
read the dependency list from a Maven project file, a
maven-like dependency file, or directly from the build.xml
file.
+
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Mar 12 2003 .
+ You could also try Ivy. (jhm)
@@ -1178,6 +1165,9 @@
IMPORTANT: You will need the PMIW (Poor Man's Imaging Wrapper) jar
for all the operations and the pjatools jar for GIF encoding/ saving
support.
+
+ Note: The website encourage the use of Ants internal image tasks. While the development
+ of these image tasks is stopped the development of the underlying PMIW should occur.
@@ -1410,6 +1400,7 @@
This set supports CLDC and the K Virtual Machine (KVM):
+ Note: As the website shows the 'most recent news' is from 18 Apr 2001
@@ -1469,7 +1460,8 @@
And this set works with the J2ME Wireless Toolkit and MIDP
- for PalmOS:
+ for PalmOS.
+ Note: as the website shows, the 'current release' is from 11/5/2001
@@ -1478,11 +1470,11 @@
URL: |
- http://www.stampysoft.com/ant/ |
+ http://www.jeckels.com/ant/ |
Contact: |
- Josh Eckels |
+ Josh Eckels |
License: |
@@ -1740,6 +1732,7 @@
Ant tasks that generate record classes for VisualAge for
Java from Cobol copy books.
+ Note: the website shows that the latest version 1.1 is from December 2, 2001
@@ -1963,6 +1956,8 @@
JMX4Ant provides tasks for integration with JMX (Java Management
Extensions). It provides tasks for getting and setting attributes
of MBeans, invoking their methods and much more.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on May 28 2003. (jhm)
@@ -2008,6 +2003,9 @@
GUI. Includes a comprehensive printable PDF User
Guide and plenty of examples.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Jan 29 2002. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2065,6 +2063,9 @@
viewer (which can e.g. be used as main-class in a library jar
file) that shows the included release information.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Aug 07 2005. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2103,11 +2104,7 @@
URL: |
- http://dynamic.macromedia.com/bin/MM/software/trial/hwswrec.jsp?product=jrun_sp |
-
-
- Contact: |
- Brian Deitte |
+ http://www.adobe.com/products/jrun/ |
License: |
@@ -2193,7 +2190,7 @@
URL: |
http://www.judoscript.com/articles/ant.html |
+ href="http://www.judoscript.org/books/judoscript-0.9/chapters/ant.html">http://www.judoscript.org/books/judoscript-0.9/chapters/ant.html
Contact: |
@@ -2212,6 +2209,9 @@
for Logs ( be it, Log4j, Apache Commons or JDK 1.4 )
It depends on apache BCEL for Bytecode engineering.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Oct 19 2003. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2250,6 +2250,11 @@
Moreover, as you can invoke any kind of Java code with
Kanaputs, you can popup windows from your Ant file to ask the
user to do a choice.
+
+ Note: the website
+ shows that the latest version 1.4 is from Nov 26, 2004. The mailing archive from
+ the last few months contains only spam...
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2258,14 +2263,14 @@
URL: |
- http://www.kanaputs.org/
- http://www.kanaputs.org/ant.html
+ https://kanaputs.dev.java.net//
+ https://kanaputs.dev.java.net/ant.pdf
|
Contact: |
- kfra@kanaputs.org
+ kfra@dev.java.net
|
@@ -2315,6 +2320,9 @@
anything about your architecture -- you write the
rules, and Macker keeps you honest about them.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Nov 02 2003. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2368,6 +2376,9 @@
This is useful for regression testing of XSLT scripts against several
engines.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Oct 16 2002. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2633,6 +2644,9 @@
Properties2Java is an Ant task for automatic conversion of
java ".properties" files to ".java" files extending the
java.util.ListResourceBundle.
+
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Jun 04 2005. (jhm)
@@ -2823,6 +2837,9 @@
Only affected classes will be recompiled and it can be used
with any bytecode compiler.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 21 2003. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -2873,32 +2890,12 @@
- Spell Check checks the spelling of all files in a directory. Code is broken into
- single words and compared to a dictionary. If the words are not in the dictionary
- they are written to a file.
-
-
+ Website is gone and nothing found.
SQL Compiler (SQLC) compiles database metadata and SQL statements into data access and data transfer classes.
+ Note: It seems that the product is renamed to jIncarnate.
Compatibility: |
@@ -2990,6 +2987,9 @@
for elements are specified using cascading style sheets. The
output can be templated for easy integration with a site's
look and feel.
+
+ A very short look into the scm
+ shows that the last modifications where in 2003.
@@ -3019,6 +3019,9 @@
task is an extension of the Ant SQL task. Hsqldb is used for both the
examples and the unittests.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Jan 04 2004. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -3040,31 +3043,7 @@
-
- Tim is a handy utility that can be executed on the command
- line or via Ant that automatically formats your import
- declarations. Tim is capable of removing unused imports,
- expanding or collapsing imports and even organising them into
- pre-determined groups.
-
-
+ Note: While the domain is active (for .NET projects) the page itself is not longer available.
@@ -3072,6 +3051,9 @@
TiniAnt is an Ant task to support building applications for
the TINI.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Mar 05 2002. (jhm)
+
-
- Venus Application Publisher's (Vamp) Ant Task Suite allows
- you to sign and package your applications into relocatable Web
- Archives that you can drop into your web server for
- single-click launching using Java Web Start or into single
- Java Archive installers that serve up their content through a
- built-in, multi-threaded, ultra light-weight web server.
-
-
+ Note: The website is not longer available.
A versioning tool for Ant.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 19 2004. (jhm)
Compatibility: |
@@ -3176,6 +3135,9 @@
chains. Also included are replacement tasks for <copy> and
<javac> that integrate support for preprocessing.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on May 06 2004. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -3227,13 +3189,11 @@
- WSDLValidate is, as it sounds, a tool to validate WSDL files.
- WSDLValidate
- is similar in configuration to the optional Ant task XMLValidate.
- WSDLValidate can optionally validate a WSDL document against the WS-I Basic Profile.
-
- WSDLValidate is available as an Ant task, an Eclipse plug-in and a
- command line utility.
+ WSDLValidate is, as it sounds, a tool to validate WSDL files.
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -3241,12 +3201,11 @@
URL: |
- http://www.eclipse.org/wsvt |
+ http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/ |
Contact: |
- Project newsgroup and
- mailing list |
+ Project newsgroup and mailing list |
License: |
@@ -3375,6 +3334,9 @@
open framework that enables to integrate the information
coming from VSC and bug tracking solutions, for instance.
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Sep 04 2005. (jhm)
+
Compatibility: |
@@ -3686,8 +3648,8 @@
- Java IDE with support for Ant. Gel is a native Microsoft
- Windows software.
+ Java IDE with support for Ant. Gel is a native Microsoft Windows software.
+ Note: The website recommends using another IDE because GEL is not longer maintained.
@@ -3696,7 +3658,7 @@
URL: |
- http://www.gexperts.com/gel.html |
+ http://www.gexperts.com/products/gel/gel.asp |
Contact: |
@@ -3710,7 +3672,7 @@
-
+
Java IDE with refactoring support and Ant integration.
The IDE has special editing and navigation support for Ant.
@@ -3737,9 +3699,7 @@
- Borland JBuilder
- comes with built-in Ant support, including build file editing.
- Some versions come with Ant debugging support.
+ Embarcadero JBuilder comes (as Eclipse based product) with built-in Ant support.
+
Anthill is a build tool that promotes a controlled build
@@ -286,32 +288,7 @@
-
- Ant Shell Extension is a Windows Explorer enhancement that adds a contextual
- menu when you right click over an Ant xml file, so you can execute all the actions
- defined in that file without going to a command console or starting your favourite
- IDE to make a simple clean.
-
-
+ The domain is sold and we did not found it any more.
@@ -441,6 +418,9 @@
applications. JAM supports EJB and Servlet/JSP development using XDoclet,
JUnit, Cactus, Maven, Castor and MDA/UML code generation on various J2EE
servers including JBoss.
+
+ From JAMs website: NOTICE: As of June 2006 JAM is no longer supported.
+ We recommend Maven 2 Tasks for Ant as a replacement.
@@ -449,13 +429,7 @@
URL: |
- http://www.javagen.com/jam.jsp |
-
-
- Contact: |
- Feedback
- Bug Reports
- |
+ http://www.javagen.com/jam/ |
License: |
@@ -513,7 +487,7 @@
URL: |
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/luntbuild/ |
+ http://luntbuild.javaforge.com/ |
Contact: |
@@ -584,6 +558,9 @@
Rant stands for Remote Ant. It is a distributed build
system that allows an Ant build file to launch builds on other
systems and receive exceptions should they occur.
+
+ Note: As the Sourceforge project site
+ shows, the last update was on Feb 09 2002. (jhm)
@@ -592,7 +569,7 @@
URL: |
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/remoteant/ |
+ http://remoteant.sourceforge.net/ |
Contact: |
@@ -606,34 +583,31 @@
-
- Savant helps simplify builds and codebases by handling the
- resolution of project dependencies automatically. Savant supports
- Maven style dependency downloads and various other methods of
- retrieving dependencies, including fetching files from CVS modules.
- Savant goes a step further than other dependency solutions and provides
- the means for multiple internal projects to build each other in order
- to resolve inter-project dependencies.
-
- Savant can be used via various Ant types and tasks as well as used
- from any Java application including those that do not make use of Ant.
+
+ Savant is a build and dependency management tool written in Java. Savant can be used in
+ two different ways:
+ - As a stand-alone build tool that wraps Apache Ant and provides a number of cool new
+ features such as plugins that are versioned and downloadable
+ - As a set of tasks which can be used within Apache Ant build files
+
@@ -719,7 +693,6 @@
License: |
Freeware |
-
| | | |