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| <h1>Platform Ant support</h1> |
| <p>Ant is a Java-based build tool that uses XML-based configuration files to |
| describe build tasks. The Eclipse platform allows you to run Ant buildfiles |
| from your plug-in and contribute new Ant <a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antTasks.html">tasks</a>, |
| <a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antTypes.html">types</a> and |
| <a href="../reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ant_core_antProperties.html">properties</a> |
| using extension points. The rest of this discussion assumes that you have a basic |
| understanding of Ant.</p> |
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