Ant modified is not working - ant

I have written code to generate a cache.properties file using <modified>
This is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="Analysis" basedir="." default="use">
<target name="master1">
<echo message="executing master"/>
<fileset id="src.files1" dir="D:\CMS\webclient\components\CMS">
<include name="**/*.uim"/>
<include name="**/*.properties"/>
<include name="**/*.vim"/>
<modified update="true"/>
<!-- <param name="update" value="true" />-->
<!--</modified>-->
</fileset>
<echo message="task completed"/>
</target>
</project>
The code was working fine but my requirement got changed, then I switched the property to update cache.properties to false and after then its not updating or generating the new cache.properties
I have checked an earlier post also which states that it's a bug that was fixed in ant 1.8 however its not working in ant 1.8
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my property file seems not to be implemented by build.xml

I have a problem with properties.
here is content of my build.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<project name="default" default="package">
<target name="init">
<mkdir dir="build/classes" />
<mkdir dir="dist" />
</target>
<property file="${basedir}/localproperties"/>
<property name="javac.debug" value="off"/>
<target name="compile" depends="init" description="Compiles JAVA files">
<echo message="Debug: ${javac.debug}"/>
<javac srcdir="src"
destdir="build/classes"
classpathref="compile.classpath"
debug="${javac.debug}"/>
</target>
<path id="compile.classpath">
<fileset dir="lib" includes="*.jar"/>
</path>
</project>
and here is content of my localproperties file:
javac.debug = on
please note that I have saved localproperties as .xml file and put it into the same directory as build.xml
the problem is that it does not work as the output I get is:
Debug: off
clearly it should be:
Debug: on
please advise.
It should be:
<property file="${basedir}/localproperties.xml"/>
There is no extension assumed by the property task. As long as the content follows the key-value convention, it can be any file extension. But it would be confusing to save as .xml. Just save it as localproperties.properties, or simply local.properties.

Jenkins JUnit Test Result Report plugin states that the JUnit xml file is not found?

The exact message received from jenkins is:
No test report files were found. Configuration error?
Build step 'Publish JUnit test result report' changed build result to FAILURE
When configuring the JUnit Test Result Report plugin, on entering the 'Test Report XMLs' path as '/reports/TEST-*.xml', the following error is displayed beneath the path:
'/reports/TEST-*.xml' doesn't match anything: '' exists but not '/reports/TEST-*.xml'
I have tried using the full path as well but that produces the same result. In both cases the paths should have picked up the 'TESTS-TestSuites.xml' file that was present in the /reports directory.
I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the plugin or the XML file being generated. I'm also aware that it could be an issue with the ant build script that I have written to run the JUnit tests and produce the XML result file therefore I have included the contents of this below in case something needs to be changed:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="jenkins-tests" basedir="." default="linux">
<property name="junit.output.dir" value="output"/>
<property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
<property name="lib.dir" value="libs" />
<property name="bin.dir" value="bin" />
<property name="full-compile" value="true" />
<path id="classpath.base"/>
<path id="classpath.test">
<pathelement location="${bin.dir}" />
<pathelement location="${src.dir}" />
<pathelement location="${lib.dir}" />
<pathelement location="${lib.dir}/junit.jar" />
<path refid="classpath.base" />
</path>
<target name="clean" description="Clean up build artefacts">
<delete dir="${basedir}/${junit.output.dir}" />
</target>
<target name="prepare" depends="clean" description="Prepare for build">
<mkdir dir="${basedir}/${junit.output.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${junit.output.dir}/reports"/>
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="prepare">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}" verbose="${full-compile}" includeAntRuntime="false" >
<classpath refid="classpath.test"/>
</javac>
</target>
<target name="test" depends="compile">
<junit printsummary="true" haltonfailure="false">
<formatter type="xml" usefile="true"/>
<classpath refid="classpath.test" />
<batchtest fork="yes" todir="${junit.output.dir}">
<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
<include name="*.java"/>
</fileset>
</batchtest>
</junit>
</target>
<target name="test-reports" depends="test">
<junitreport tofile="TESTS-TestSuites.xml" todir="${junit.output.dir}/reports">
<fileset dir="${junit.output.dir}">
<include name="TEST-*.xml" />
</fileset>
<report format="frames" todir="${junit.output.dir}/reports" />
</junitreport>
</target>
</project>
I've been researching into this problem for a while now and haven't found any solution so I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
Jenkins looks for the path from the workspace root. Ensure that the given path is correct or use wildcards to look in multiple locations. Try using **/reports/TEST-*.xml
Are you sure the reports folder is right under the workspace? Verify manually if the test result files are indeed present in the location given in the path.
For my Android project which has multiple Gradle product flavors I used the following path for Test report XMLs:
**/build/test-results/**/TEST-*.xml

ant build script don't run on windows using command line

i have written an ant script, which runs ok and generate the .jar file when i use it with eclipse.
But when i use it on command prompt on windows xp, it's shows successfull, but nothing happens. ant is properly configured and also i can run other ant scripts.
here is my build.xml file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="TaskNodeBundle" basedir=".">
<!-- Sets variables which can later be used. -->
<!-- The value of a property is accessed via ${} -->
<property name="bundlename" value="task-node-bundle" />
<property name="src.dir" location="../src" />
<property name="lib.dir" location="../lib" />
<property name="build.dir" location="/buildoutput" />
<property name="build.dest" location="build/dest" />
<!--
Create a classpath container which can be later used in the ant task
-->
<path id="classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}/">
<include name="*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
<delete dir="${build.dest}" />
</target>
<!-- Deletes the existing build directory-->
<target name="mkdir" depends="clean">
<mkdir dir="${build.dest}"/>
</target>
<!-- Compiles the java code -->
<target name="compile" depends="mkdir">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dest}" classpathref="classpath" />
</target>
<target name="package-bundle" depends="compile" description="Generates the bundle">
<jar destfile="${dist.dir}/${bundlename}.jar">
<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
<include name="**/**.class" />
<include name="**/**.properties"/>
<include name="/META-INF/**.*" />
<include name="/META-INF/spring/**.*" />
</fileset>
</jar>
</target>
</project>
When you execute an ant script from the command line it will execute the first target defined in the build.xml file (in your case clean).
You can specify the target(s) to be executed on the command line
$ ant target1 target2
or define a default target in your build.xml file with the default attribute of the <project> tag:
<project name="TaskNodeBundle" basedir="." default="package-bundle">

ANT Generated jar: is it a namespace issue?

I have a Eclipse-Java-Project with an ANT-build-file. This build file exports a jar of the project without compiling it. So I only export the sources.
<target name="jar">
<mkdir dir="/jar"/>
<jar destfile="/jar/my_test_jarfile.jar" basedir="/src" />
</target>
I use this generated jar in another eclipse java project and set the path to the jar in the build-path-settings of the project. The problem is that eclipse says it cannot resolve the namespace of the imported classes of the jar.
If I export the jar manually by right clicking on the project and then "Export" and putting the jar to the build path of the other project, everything works fine and there are no errors. So the question is now, what am I doing wrong?
So here is my solution. It seems that you have to compile the source first and then pack it into a jar. I don't give a guarantee that this jar is exactly the same like the one you get from eclipse when you do the right click thing and export etc.
But it works for me, there are no namespace errors any longer. so here is a minimum version of my ant targets:
<project default="run" basedir=".">
<property name="src.dir" value="src" />
<property name="classes.dir" value="bin" />
<property name="build.dir" value="build" />
<path id="libs">
<fileset dir="lib">
<include name="*.jar"/>
</fileset>
<pathelement path="${basedir}\${classes.dir}"/>
</path>
<target name="run">
<antcall target="compile"/>
<antcall target="jar"/>
</target>
<target name="compile">
<javac debug="true" srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" classpathref="libs" encoding="UTF-8" />
</target>
<target name="jar">
<jar destfile="${build.dir}/my_jar_file.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}">
</target>
</project>

How to parameterize a path in ANT?

I have the following defined in a file called build-dependencies.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="build-dependencies">
...
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="artifacts/project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="artifacts/project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</path>
...
</project>
I include it at the top of my build.xml file. Now I need to make the artifacts folder a parameter so it can be changed during execution of different targets.
Having this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="build-dependencies">
...
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="${artifacts}/project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="${artifacts}/project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</path>
...
</project>
...and defining an "artifacts" property (and changing it) in the target does not work because it seems that the property substitution happens when the path is defined in build-dependencies.xml
How can I solve this? One way I was thinking was to have a parameterized macro and call that before the path is actually used, but that seems not elegant. Something like this:
<macrodef name="create-common-jars">
<attribute name="artifacts"/>
<sequential>
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="#{artifacts}/project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="#{artifacts}/project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</path>
</sequential>
</macrodef>
EDIT: Ivy and command line parameters are not an option.
You don't want a parameterized path. You want a PatternSet. You can define the patternset at the top-level and then just refer to it in individual targets when you need it. For your example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="build-dependencies">
...
<patternset id="common-jars">
<include name="project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<include name="project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</patternset>
...
<path id="instrumented-jars">
<fileset dir="instrumented">
<patternset refid="common-jars" />
</fileset>
</path>
...
<path id="standard-jars">
<fileset dir="not-instrumented">
<patternset refid="common-jars" />
</fileset>
</path>
...
</project>
I'd recommend using ivy to manage your classpath dependencies. Ivy has a neat concept called configurations that allows you to group collections of artifacts based on their usage.
Here's an adaption from one of my own build files:
<target name="retrieve" description="3rd party dependencies">
<ivy:resolve/>
<ivy:cachepath pathid="build.path" conf="build"/>
<ivy:cachepath pathid="runtime.path" conf="runtime"/>
</target>
The configurations are managed in the ivy.xml file (Would replace your build-dependencies.xml file)
<ivy-module version="2.0">
<info organisation="com.myspotontheweb" module="HelloWorld"/>
<configurations>
<conf name="build" description="jars needed for build" />
<conf name="runtime" extends="build" description="jars needed at runtime" />
</configurations>
<dependencies>
<dependency org="org1" name="project1" rev="1.0" conf="build->default"/>
<dependency org="org2" name="project2" rev="1.0" conf="build->default"/>
<dependency org="org3" name="project3" rev="1.0" conf="runtime->default"/>
<dependency org="org4" name="project4" rev="1.0" conf="runtime->default"/>
</dependencies>
</ivy-module>
The jar artifacts associated with each project would be downloaded and cached automatically from the on-line maven repositories or you can create your own local repository to hold collections of locally owned artifacts.
Lets call your file build.xml. So you execute it by running ant command. In the first case the artifacts names is hardcoded in the property defined on the third line below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="build-dependencies">
<property name="artifacts" value="first-value" />
...
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="artifacts/project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="artifacts/project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</path>
...
</project>
Now when you want to change it and use another value for that artifacts property, we run the script thus
ant -Dartifacts=new-value
This will override the hardcoded artifacts value in build.xml
If working in terms of ant targets you can do something similar, in the target on first line define the property, and if you want to overwrite the default value then pass the property as a parameter when that target is called.
Your comment reminded me of something else. Have your developers create a artifacts-dir-name.xml file. It will have only one line:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="artifacts-file">
<property name="artifacts" value="new-value" />
</project>
Now in your build.xml file, before the line where artifacts property is defined, import that file thus:
<import file="artifacts-dir-name.xml" optional="true" />
Now in Eclipse if this file exists, then the property is read from it and artifacts is set to "new-value", else the property is read from build.xml and is set to "first-value". All the developers need to do is to ensure artifacts-dir-name.xml file exists in that directory. This can run within Eclipse too.
is using environment variables an option (if they are set when eclipse is launched they will be picked up)? If so, have each one set ARTIFACTS and this should work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="build-dependencies">
<property environment="env"/>
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="${env.ARTIFACTS}/project-1/jar/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="${env.ARTIFACTS}/project-2/jar/someother*.jar" />
</path>
</project>
OK, I think there is no other obvious way for me to do what I am trying to do, except use a macro that takes a parameter and creates the path with the appropriate artifacts folder.
To give a bit of context, why I was trying to what I wanted is to have "instrumented" and "not-instrumented" artifacts in separate folders. And in my "targets" I could just vary the artifacts mode. So what I do now is I have a macro: <initialise-build-settings artifacts-mode="instrumented" /> that sets up all the paths and other variables.
Thanks for your answers guys.
You can do this with different dependencies:
setpath.xml:
<project name="setpath">
<target name="setCommonJars">
<path id="common-jars">
<fileset file="${param1}/some*.jar" />
<fileset file="${param1}/someother*.jar" />
</path>
</target>
</project>
build.xml:
<project name="Test path" basedir=".">
<import file="./setpath.xml" />
<target name="buildT1" depends="setT1,setCommonJars">
<property name="jar-str" refid="common-jars" />
<echo message="buildT1: ${jar-str}" />
</target>
<target name="buildT2" depends="setT2,setCommonJars">
<property name="jar-str" refid="common-jars" />
<echo message="buildT2: ${jar-str}" />
</target>
<target name="setT1">
<property name="param1" value="t1" />
</target>
<target name="setT2">
<property name="param1" value="t2" />
</target>
</project>
If you call target buildT1 then the t1 directory will be used, if you call buildT2 then the t2 directory will be used.

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