build.xml

<project name="JavaDeb Task" basedir="." default="dist">

    <path id="classpath">
        <pathelement location="build/classes"/>
        <fileset dir="lib" includes="*.jar"/>
    </path>

    <target name="compile" description="Compile Java source code">
        <mkdir dir="build/classes"/>
        <javac
            srcdir="src"
            destdir="build/classes"
            classpathref="classpath"
            target="1.4"
            source="1.4"
            debug="yes"
        />
        <copy todir="build/classes">
            <fileset dir="src" includes="**/*.properties"/>
            <fileset dir="src" includes="**/*.xml"/>
        </copy>
    </target>

    <target name="antDoc" depends="compile" description="Generate Ant documentation">
        <taskdef name="antTasksDocHtml" classname="net.sf.fikin.ant.AntTasksDocHtmlDocletTask" classpath="lib/fikin-ant-1.7.3.jar"/>
        <taskdef name="antTasksDocText" classname="net.sf.fikin.ant.AntTasksDocTextDocletTask" classpath="lib/fikin-ant-1.7.3.jar"/>
        <tstamp />

        <mkdir dir="build/doc"/>

        <antTasksDocHtml file="build/doc/ant-deb-tasks.html" classpathref="classpath" failonerror="yes">
            <packageset dir="src" defaultexcludes="yes"/>
            <param name="-J-DDSTAMP=${DSTAMP}" />
            <param name="-J-DTSTAMP=${TSTAMP}" />
            <param name="-J-Dheader=Ant Deb Tasks"/>
        </antTasksDocHtml>
        <antTasksDocText file="build/doc/ant-deb-tasks.txt" classpathref="classpath" failonerror="yes">
            <packageset dir="src"    defaultexcludes="yes"/>
            <param name="-J-DDSTAMP=${DSTAMP}" />
            <param name="-J-DTSTAMP=${TSTAMP}" />
            <param name="-J-Dheader=Ant Deb Tasks"/>
        </antTasksDocText>
    </target>

    <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
          private target: jar                      
         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
	<property name="antdeb.name" value="ant-deb"/>
    <target name="jar" depends="compile">
    	<description>Package compiled classes into a jar</description>
        <jar
            basedir="build/classes"
            destfile="build/${antdeb.name}.jar"/>
    </target>
	
	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
          private target: examples                      
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    <property name="examples.name" value="examples"/>
    <property name="targz" value="tar.gz"/>
	<target name="examples">
    	<description>create a zip with the examples</description>
        <mkdir dir="build"/>
		<tar destfile="build/${examples.name}.${targz}" compression="gzip">
			<tarfileset dir="samples">
                <exclude name="**/build"/>
                <exclude name="**/build/**"/>
                <exclude name="**/dist"/>
                <exclude name="**/dist/**"/>
                <exclude name="**/download/*"/>
                <exclude name="**/.ant-targets-build.xml"/>
            </tarfileset>
		</tar>
    </target>

	<!-- ================================= 
          public target: release-dist
         ================================= -->
    <target name="release-dist" depends="dist" description="Release all distribution files">
        <input addproperty="dist.version.number" message="Please enter a version number for your distribution" defaultvalue="0.0.1" />
    	<move file="dist/${examples.name}.${targz}" tofile="dist/${examples.name}-${dist.version.number}.${targz}" />
    	<move file="dist/${antdeb.name}.jar" tofile="dist/${antdeb.name}-${dist.version.number}.jar"/>
    	<antcall target="createdeb" />
    </target>
	
    <!-- ================================= 
          public target: dist              
         ================================= -->
    <target name="dist" depends="clean, jar, examples" description="Generate and package all distributables">
        <mkdir dir="dist"/>
        <copy file="build/${antdeb.name}.jar" todir="dist"/>
    	<copy file="build/${examples.name}.${targz}" todir="dist"/>
    </target>

	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
          private target: createdeb                      
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    <target name="createdeb" depends="define_tasks">
    	<description>create a debian package of the ant deb task</description>
    	<property name="package.name" value="ant-deb-task"/>
        <deb
            todir="dist"
            package="${package.name}"
            version="${dist.version.number}"
            section="devel"
            depends="sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre, ant">
            <version upstream="${dist.version.number}"/>
        	<maintainer name="Darko Palic" email="darko.palic@googlemail.com"/>
            <description synopsis="Optional Ant task for creating deb-packages">
                This optional ant task provides traget to create desktop entries and debian packages (.deb files) of a java project.
            </description>
            <tarfileset dir="${basedir}/doc" prefix="usr/share/doc/${package.name}">
                <include name="**"/>
            </tarfileset>
            <tarfileset dir="${basedir}" prefix="usr/share/doc/${package.name}">
            	<include name="LICENSE"/>
            </tarfileset>
            <tarfileset dir="${basedir}/dist" prefix="usr/share/${package.name}">
                <include name="*.jar"/>
            </tarfileset>        	
        </deb>
    </target>
	
    <target name="define_tasks" depends="compile">
        <taskdef name="desktopEntry" classname="com.googlecode.ant_deb_task.DesktopEntry" classpathref="classpath"/>
        <taskdef name="deb" classname="com.googlecode.ant_deb_task.Deb" classpathref="classpath"/>
    </target>

    <target name="testDesktopEntry" depends="define_tasks" description="Test the DesktopEntry task">
        <mkdir dir="build/test"/>
        <desktopEntry
            toFile="build/test/Test.desktop"
            name="Some Name"
            exec="/usr/bin/test"
            categories="Office;Database"
            onlyshowin="GNOME;KDE"
        >
            <name lang="ro" value="Un nume"/>
            <name lang="hu" country="hu" value="Edgy nev"/>
            <genericname value="The Generic Name"/>
        </desktopEntry>
    </target>

    <target name="testDeb" depends="define_tasks" description="Test the Deb task">
        <mkdir dir="build/test"/>
        <deb
            todir="build/test"
            package="test"
            version="1.1"
            section="devel"
            depends="sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre">
            <version epoch="2" upstream="1.1" debian="test1"/>
            <maintainer name="John Tester" email="jtester@example.com"/>
            <description synopsis="Short Description">

                Long description

                on multiple lines
                
            </description>
            <tarfileset dir="." includes="src/**, lib/**"/>
        </deb>

    </target>

    <target name="clean" description="Clean work folders">
        <delete dir="build" verbose="true"/>
        <delete dir="dist" verbose="true"/>
    </target>

</project>