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Apache Ant is a Java based build tool. In theory it is like make without make's wrinkles.
Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam, and others? [...] Ant is different. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell based commands, it is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML based calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object which implements a particular Task interface.
Ant has become the standard way to compile Java applications that are platform independent. This way, you don't have to write a specific Makefile for Unix and another one for Windows. This applies to JOnAS but also to the application programmer. If you are not an Ant user yet, you should give it a try.
To install Ant on your machine, proceed as follows:
Download Ant binary distribution from http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/.
Read the platform specific installation notes section of Ant documentation (available online at ).
In order to use Ant, you'll have to create the ANT_HOME and modify the PATH environment variables. Refer to section Configuring Ant for more information about setting your environment for Ant.
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