JavaBuildTask

DESCRIPTION

Java build tool for rake, designed to provide more flexibility than is offered with ant.

EXAMPLE

Add the following to your Rakefile:

require 'java/task'

JavaBuildTask.new()

Produces the following Rake tasks:

$ rake -T
(in /path/to/project)
rake autotest        # Run autotest
rake checkstyle      # Check the style of the source
rake clean           # Removes the build path
rake compile         # Compiles Java class files to the target
rake dist            # Copies files required for distribution to the dist...
rake docs            # Create javadoc documentation
rake jar             # Generates Java archive file
rake resources       # Copies resource files to the target
rake serialver       # Generate serial version UIDs
rake test            # Runs unit tests
rake test:compile    # Compiles test Java class files to the test target
rake test:resources  # Copies test resource files to the test target
rake test:run        # Runs unit tests

DEPENDENCIES

• Ruby (used with 1.8.7)
• Rake (used with 0.8.7)
• ZenTest (optional for the autotest task)
• Java SE Development Kit with the JAVA_HOME environment variable set, or the JDK bin found in the PATH environment variable (used with JDK 5 and 6)
• JUnit (used with 4.7)
• Checkstyle (optional used with 5.0) Checkstyle will also require the checkstyle runner found in ext/java/src/com/freerangedata/checkstyle

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2011 Free Range Data, LLC, released under the MIT license