Hope that the below example can help you somehow:
<project>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>ant-calling-example</id>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<!-- Core Ant tasks can be used as you use in build.xml -->
<echo>Hello World</echo>
<mkdir
dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/newdir" />
<!-- Even Ant-Contrib tasks, remember to add Ant-Contrib
dependency to your test classpath -->
<taskdef name="for"
classname="net.sf.antcontrib.logic.ForTask"
classpathref="maven.test.classpath" />
<taskdef name="var"
classname="net.sf.antcontrib.property.Variable"
classpathref="maven.test.classpath" />
<fileset id="demo.files"
dir="${project.basedir}/src/main/demofiles">
<include name="1.txt" />
<include name="2.txt" />
</fileset>
<for param="filename">
<fileset refid="demo.files" />
<sequential>
<echo>@filename</echo>
</sequential>
</for>
<!-- Call a target in Ant build file -->
<!-- These properties will be passed to Ant target -->
<property name="foo" value="Foo Foo" />
<property name="bar" value="Bar bar" />
<ant antfile="build.xml" target="demo-target" />
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<!-- For Ant-Contrib tasks -->
<dependency>
<groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
<artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
<version>1.0b3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
</project>
CheapLisa wrote:
>
> thanks, I'm still lost. This section did not make much sense to me.
>
>
>
> David M. Karr wrote:
>>
>> CheapLisa wrote:
>>> I want to call some ant tasks when I run maven.
>>>
>>> I have read all about the maven antrun plugin and found some
>>> examples, but the documentation is a wee bit hard
>>> for me to understand, and does not lead me to what I wish to accomplish.
>>>
>>> I want all my ant tasks in a build.xml file (not in the pom.xml).
>>>
>>> But when I execute: mvn compile install
>>>
>>> I want it to run (by default) one or more ant tasks
>>> (in a specific order) that are in the build.xml.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do this? When I type $mvn compile install I want
>>> the build process to be oblivous to the fact that ant is being called,
>>> unless there is a problem.
>>>
>>> If the ant tasks fails, I want to fail the build as well.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> I would assume the following is a good example of this kind of thing:
>> <http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/lifecycle.html>.
>>
>> You would use the "compile" phase instead of "pre-clean", and the inline
>> task configuration would just use an "ant" task to call a target in your
>> buildfile.
>>
>> I don't know whether a failure in the Ant script will cause a top-level
>> build failure.
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