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<h2><a name="ant">Ant</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Runs Ant on a supplied buildfile. This can be used to build subprojects.</p>
<p>When the <i>antfile</i> attribute is omitted, the file "build.xml"
in the supplied directory (<i>dir</i> attribute) is used.</p>
<p>If no target attribute is supplied, the default target of the new project is
used.</p>
<p>The properties of the current project will be available in the new project.
These properties will override the properties that are set in the new project.
(See also the <a href="property.html">property task</a>). You can set properties
in the new project from the old project by using nested property tags. This
allows you to parameterize your subprojects.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">antfile</td>
<td valign="top">the buildfile to use. Defaults to "build.xml".</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">dir</td>
<td valign="top">the directory to use as a basedir for the new Ant project.
Defaults to the current directory.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">target</td>
<td valign="top">the target of the new Ant project that should be executed.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">output</td>
<td valign="top">Filename to write the ant output to.
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<td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
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<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>
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