Description Ricky Clarkson 2006-05-22 07:34:25 EDT

After importing a project from build.xml, build using ant, as described below, and get an error pointing to missing files from a directory inside the workspace.  I think the working directory for ant should be set to the project directory, not anywhere inside the workspace.

Here are some steps to reproduce the problem.

Outside Eclipse:

mkdir testproject
mkdir testproject/src
cd testproject
vi src/Main.java

enter:

class Main
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                System.out.println("Hello World");
        }
}

vi build.xml

enter:

<project name="Test" default="main">
        <target name="main">
                <mkdir dir="build"/>
                <javac destdir="build">
                        <src path="src"/>
                </javac>
        </target>
</project>

ant

You should see:

Buildfile: build.xml

main:
    [mkdir] Created dir: /directory/testproject/build
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to /directory/testproject/build

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds

In Eclipse:

Go to File->New->Project.
Select "Java Project from Existing Ant Buildfile".
Select build.xml in the textfield "Ant Buildfile".
Click Finish.
Double-click on build.xml in the Navigator View.
Right-click on the target 'main' in the Outline View (default: right hand side).
Select Run As->1. Ant Build.

Output:

Buildfile: /directory/.eclipse_workspace/Test/build.xml
main:

BUILD FAILED
/directory/.eclipse_workspace/Test/build.xml:4: srcdir "/directory/.eclipse_workspace/Test/src" does not exist!

Total time: 345 milliseconds