The Ant view provides a place to view Ant buildfiles and makes it
easy to execute a buildfile or a given target within a buildfile. You can add files
to the view and expand buildfiles to reveal the targets defined within them.
The pop-up menu for this view also allows you to open an editor on a
buildfile, execute the selected target or buildfile, and configure the launch
configuration used when executing.
Here is what the Ant view looks like:
Like other views in the Workbench, the Ant view has its own
toolbar. Toolbar buttons are provided for adding buildfiles to the view and for
executing them.
To add the Ant view to the current perspective, click
Window > Show View > Other... > Ant > Ant
.
Ant View Commands
Command
Name
Description
Availability
Add Buildfiles
Allows you to add buildfile(s) to the view.
View action and context menu
Add Buildfile with Search
Allows you to add buildfile(s) to the view using searching tools.
View action
Hide Internal Targets
Allows you to hide / filter all internal targets from the view.
View action
Run Selected Target
Allows you to run the selected target in the view.
View action
Remove Selected Buildfile
Allows you to remove the selected buildfile from the view.
View action and context menu
Remove All Buildfiles
Allows you to quickly remove all buildfiles from the view.
View action and context menu
Open With >
Allows you to open an editor on the selected buildfile.
Context menu
Refresh Buildfiles
Refreshes the contents of the view to reflect the current state of all the represented buildfiles.
Context menu
Run As > Ant Build
Launches an Ant build for the selected buildfile or for a specific selected target of the buildfile in Run mode.
Context menu
Run As > Ant Build...
Brings up the launch configuration dialog to edit the configuration associated with the selected buildfile in Run mode.
Context menu
Debug As > Ant Build
Launches an Ant build for the selected buildfile or for a specific selected target of the buildfile in Debug mode.
Context menu
Debug As > Ant Build...
Brings up the launch configuration dialog to edit the configuration associated with the selected buildfile in Debug mode.