template/build.xml

<project name="project-name" default="build" basedir=".">

   <!-- Project Properties -->
   <property name="name" value="template-context"/>

   <!-- Path Definitions -->
   <path id="classpath">
      <pathelement location="lib/servlet-api-2.4.jar"/>
      <fileset dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/lib">
         <include name="*.jar"/>
      </fileset>
   </path>
    
   <!-- Task Definitions-->

   <target name="build" description="build web application WAR file" depends="compile">
      <delete file="${name}.war"/>
      <war destfile="${name}.war"
           webxml="WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml">
         <manifest>
           <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/>
         </manifest>
         <fileset dir="WebContent">
            <exclude name="**/web.xml"/>
         </fileset>
      </war>
   </target>
   
   <target name="compile" description="compile Java source">
      <delete dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" quiet="false"/>
      <mkdir dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes"/>
      <copy todir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes">
         <fileset dir="src">
            <exclude name="**/package.html"/>
         </fileset>
      </copy>
      <javac srcdir="src" 
             destdir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" 
             debug="true"
             encoding="ISO-8859-1"
             source="1.5">
         <classpath refid="classpath"/>
      </javac> 
   </target>
              
   <target name="help" description="display the Help message">
      <echo message="project-name web application"/>
      <echo message="==========================="/> 
      <echo/>  
      <echo message="Main targets:"/> 
      <echo/>    
      <echo message="build                 build web application WAR file"/> 
      <echo message="compile               compile Java code"/>
      <echo message="help                  display the Help message"/>  
      <echo/>
      <echo/>
   </target>

</project>