probably this is a very basic question but I am new to java, so please bear with me. I am trying to run java task in ant and I want to know if there is any way to get all the name of the classes inside a folder in ant?
This is the build.xml file
<project default='run-test' basedir=".">
<property name="src" value="src"/>
<property name="test" value="test"/>
<property name="build" value="build"/>
<property name="build-classes" value="build/classes"/>
<property name="build-test-classes" value="build/test/classes"/>
<property name="junit4" value="/usr/share/java/junit4.jar"/>
<target name="init">
<mkdir dir="${build-classes}"/>
<mkdir dir="${build-test-classes}"/>
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="init">
<javac includeantruntime="false"
srcdir="${src}"
destdir="${build-classes}"/>
</target>
<target name="compile-test" depends="compile">
<javac includeantruntime="false"
classpath="${junit4}:${build-classes}"
srcdir="${test}"
destdir="${build-test-classes}"/>
</target>
<target name="run-test" depends="compile-test">
<java classpath="${junit4}:${build-classes}:${build-test-classes}"
classname="org.junit.runner.JUnitCore"
args="myclass.MyClassTest"/> <---This is my problem
</target>
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build}"/>
</target>
</project>
I have to manually mention the name of the class in the arguments. Is there any way where I can only mention the folder and all the class names will be taken up as arguments for the javatask automatically?
Ant ships with a task for running JUnit tests.
In the run-test target in your example, replace the <java> task with the following:
<junit>
<formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/>
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${junit4}"/>
<pathelement location="${build-classes}"/>
<pathelement location="${build-test-classes}"/>
</classpath>
<batchtest>
<fileset dir="${build-test-classes}">
<include name="**/*.class"/>
</fileset>
</batchtest>
</junit>