Problem of compile

[Mark Wan]

Today I write a target as follows:

<target name="compile" depends="prepare">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.classes}" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" >
<!-- No junit class-->
<exclude name="**/*Test.java" />
<!--the class needed for compile!!-->
<classpath>
<fileset dir="${oms.lib}">
<patternset refid="compile.used.libs" />
</fileset>
<fileset dir="./lib">
<patternset refid="compile.used.libs" />
</fileset>
</classpath>
</javac>
in my {src.dir} where has some files that not *.java file, after run ant, in the {build.classes} i only find the *.class files and the others are not there. Is any thing wrong? Thanks first!!
[ February 15, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

javac compiles *.java files, and produces *.class files, which may optionally be in a different directory than the source files. It does not copy files. For that, you need to use Ants copy task.

[Mark Wan]

Thanks!!
Now I know a little more!

One more question:

at above code, if I defined:
<path id="build.path">
<pathelement path="${oms.lib}" />
<pathelement path="./lib" />
</path>

In target, I writed

<classpath>
<path refid="build.path" />
</classpath>
Now run ant ,compile will fail!!
The method I used is right?
[ February 15, 2006: Message edited by: Mark Wan ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

You don't say how it's failing, but I think that this:

<classpath>
    <path refid="build.path" />
</classpath>

should more likely be this:

 <classpath refid="build.path" />

At least, that's how it works for me - I never tried it the way you have it.

[Mark Wan]

Yes,the way you used works well!
and it also can work as:

    
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.classes}" 
      debug="true" classpathref="build.path">

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over!!
[ February 16, 2006: Message edited by: Mark Wan ]