multiple jar creation for multiple directories

[senthil kumar]

In my src area i have some 10 packages of which I am trying to create 10 different jars, currently in the ant script I have 10 such jar creation task, except the jar name in the task input directory output directory every thing is same, IS there a way instead of having 10 different task, can I have the packages names in properties file and pass them into script. Meaning my ant script will have only one jar creation script but gets the package names from properties file and do this in a loop. Any thoughts??

[Peter Johnson]

You could do this with an <antcall> for each JAR. You might also want to use one of the looping mechanisms available in the ant-contrib extensions.
http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/

[senthil kumar]

Thanks for the reply, but I also tried below code and it worked like a charm.

<macrodef name="buildJavaJar" >
<attribute name="build.directory" />
<sequential>
<jar jarfile="${build.dir}/@{build.directory}.jar" basedir="${build.classes.dir}/@{build.directory}" />
</sequential>
</macrodef>

<target name="abc.jar" depends="compile">
<buildEjbJar build.directory="abc" />
</target>

<target name="def.jar" depends="compile">
<buildEjbJar build.directory="def" />
</target>