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\n<property name=”jsp.dir.name” value=”myapp” \/>
\n<property name=”package.name” value=”${jsp.dir.name}.war” \/>
\n<property name=”webapp.dir” value=”\/Users\/al\/tomcat-6.0.16\/webapps” \/><\/p>\n
\n<property name=”build.dir” value=”build” \/>
\n<property file=”${build.dir}\/build.${env.HOSTNAME}” \/><\/p>\n
\n<property name=”pages.dir” value=”pages” \/>
\n<property name=”src.dir” value=”src” \/>
\n<property name=”src.tests.dir” value=”src-tests” \/>
\n<property name=”resources.dir” value=”resources” \/>
\n<property name=”dest.dir” value=”target” \/><\/p>\n
\n<property name=”temp.dir” value=”temp” \/>
\n<property name=”temp.dir.web-inf” value=”${temp.dir}\/WEB-INF” \/>
\n<property name=”temp.dir.lib” value=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/lib” \/>
\n<property name=”temp.dir.classes” value=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/classes” \/>
\n<property name=”temp.dir.meta-inf” value=”${temp.dir}\/META-INF” \/><\/p>\n
\n<fileset dir=”lib”>
\n<include name=”**\/*.jar” \/>
\n<\/fileset>
\n<\/path><\/p>\n
\n<delete>
\n<fileset dir=”${dest.dir}” includes=”**\/*”\/>
\n<\/delete>
\n<delete dir=”${temp.dir}” \/>
\n<delete dir=”${temp.dir.classes}” \/>
\n<delete dir=”${temp.dir.meta-inf}” \/>
\n<delete dir=”${temp.dir.web-inf}” \/>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n
\n<mkdir dir=”${dest.dir}” \/>
\n<mkdir dir=”${temp.dir}” \/>
\n<mkdir dir=”${temp.dir.lib}” \/>
\n<mkdir dir=”${temp.dir.meta-inf}” \/>
\n<mkdir dir=”${temp.dir.web-inf}” \/>
\n<mkdir dir=”${temp.dir.classes}” \/>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n
\n<target name=”compile” depends=”prepare”>
\n<echo>=== COMPILE ===<\/echo>
\n<echo>Compiling ${src.dir} files …<\/echo>
\n<javac debug=”on” srcdir=”${src.dir}” destdir=”${temp.dir.classes}” includes=”**\/*”>
\n<classpath refid=”build.class.path” \/>
\n<\/javac><\/p>\n
\n<echo>Compiling ${src.tests.dir} files …<\/echo>
\n<javac debug=”on” srcdir=”${src.tests.dir}” destdir=”${temp.dir.classes}” includes=”com\/**”>
\n<classpath refid=”build.class.path” \/>
\n<\/javac>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n
\n<target name=”package” depends=”compile”>
\n<echo>=== PACKAGE ===<\/echo><\/p>\n
\n<copy file=”${resources.dir}\/MANIFEST.MF” tofile=”${temp.dir.meta-inf}\/MANIFEST.MF” overwrite=”true” \/>
\n<copy file=”${resources.dir}\/web.xml” tofile=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/web.xml” overwrite=”true” \/>
\n<copy file=”${resources.dir}\/managed-beans.xml” tofile=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/managed-beans.xml” overwrite=”true” \/>
\n<copy file=”${resources.dir}\/navigation-rules.xml” tofile=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/navigation-rules.xml” overwrite=”true” \/><\/p>\n
\n<fileset dir=”${src.dir}”>
\n<include name=”**\/*.xml”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.xsl”\/>
\n<\/fileset>
\n<\/copy><\/p>\n
\n<war destfile=”${package.file}” webxml=”${temp.dir.web-inf}\/web.xml” basedir=”${temp.dir}”>
\n<fileset dir=”${pages.dir}”\/>
\n<lib dir=”${lib.dir}” \/>
\n<classes dir=”${temp.dir.classes}” \/>
\n<\/war>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n
\n<target name=”jsps”>
\n<echo>=== DEPLOY JSP’S ===<\/echo>
\n<!– i’m trying to be explicit about what i put out there –>
\n<copy todir=”${webapp.dir}\/${jsp.dir.name}”>
\n<fileset dir=”${pages.dir}”>
\n<include name=”**\/*.jsp”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.html”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.css”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.gif”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.jpg”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.png”\/>
\n<include name=”**\/*.js”\/>
\n<\/fileset>
\n<\/copy>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n
\n<target name=”install” depends=”package”>
\n<echo>=== INSTALL ===<\/echo>
\n<copy file=”${package.file}” tofile=”${webapp.dir}\/${package.name}” overwrite=”true” \/>
\n<\/target><\/p>\n