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| The Ant component is designed to bring the power of Ant and Eclipse together. |
| Ant is a Java based build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without |
| make's wrinkles. It exists independent of Eclipse as an <a target="_blank" href="http://ant.apache.org/" target="_top">Apache |
| open source project</a>. Integrating Ant into Eclipse means: |
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| <li>Executing Ant buildfiles from Eclipse</li> |
| <li>Enabling access to Eclipse resources/function from Ant buildfiles (i.e., |
| providing Ant tasks for Eclipse)</li> |
| <li>Providing UI support for running Ant buildfiles and managing their output</li> |
| <li>Providing Ant buildfile development facilities (e.g., buildfile editors, |
| debuggers, ...)</li> |
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| The goal of this component is to make Eclipse's Ant tooling the environment |
| of choice for Ant users and support Eclipse-based developers in their |
| product build requirements. |
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