How to run "mvn install" from within the ant script?

[Arunoday Das Gupta]

Hi,

I want to run the mvn command from an ant script . my script is as under :

<project name="HelloWorld" basedir="."  default="main" xmlns:artifact="antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant">

    <property name="build.dir"   value="build"/>
    <property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>

	<target name="zip">
	   <zip destfile="${build.dir}/manual.zip"
             basedir="${build.dir}/classes"/>
     </target>
    <target name="main" depends="zip"/>
	
	<artifact:pom id="mypom" file="pom.xml" />
    <echo>The version is ${mypom.version}</echo>

</project>

Does only reading the pom.xml mean running the mvn command? I dont know how to approach it . i want to run "mvn install" from within the ant script.

[Peter Johnson]

I think you want to use <artifact:install ...>. See the docs at:
http://maven.apache.org/ant-tasks/examples/install-deploy.html

[Arunoday Das Gupta]

Thanks Peter! But this was not what I was looking for. Anyways I found out the way the mvn can be run as artifact wiht a specific phase (as install, clean etc) by having it as a task in ant script.

[Greg Charles]

Hi Arunoday,

Even though the answer you found is to your own question, it's nice to post it. That way, we can all learn something!

[Arunoday Das Gupta]

Hi Greg,

Thanks for mentioning that!

I have implemented the solution by having an artifact of maven in the build.xml

<project name="MyProject" basedir="." default="main" xmlns:artifact="antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant">

<target name="installAll" >
<artifact:mvn>
<arg value="install"/>
</artifact:mvn>
</target>


This way the the install phase of the maven can be called from within the ant script. My purpose was to do some additional functions before running the maven install . For that i had the build.xml but was not sure how to incorporate the maven features


Hope it helps !