antRunner application entry point

The Ant core plug-in declares a main entry point that allows the running of Eclipse's integrated Ant support in a headless environment. An Ant build can then be run directly from the main platform launcher.

This is an example .bat file that shows how to make use of the antRunner application entry point on Windows.

 
echo off
setlocal

REM ****************************************************

REM The JRE java.exe to be used
set JAVAEXE="C:\jdk1.4.2\jre\bin\java.exe"

REM The Eclipse launcher jar
set LAUNCHERJAR="C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070319.jar"

REM The location of your workspace
set WORKSPACE=C:\runtime-workspace

REM The buildfile to use for the build
set BUILDFILE=build.xml

REM ****************************************************

if not exist %JAVAEXE% echo ERROR: incorrect java.exe=%JAVAEXE%, edit this file and correct the JAVAEXE envar
if not exist %JAVAEXE% goto done

if not exist %LAUNCHERJAR% echo ERROR: incorrect equinox.launcher jar=%LAUNCHERJAR%, edit this file and correct the LAUNCHERJAR envar
if not exist %LAUNCHERJAR% goto done

if not exist %WORKSPACE% echo ERROR: incorrect workspace=%WORKSPACE%, edit this file and correct the WORKSPACE envar
if not exist %WORKSPACE% goto done

if not exist %BUILDFILE% echo ERROR: incorrect buildfile=%BUILDFILE%, edit this file and correct the BUILDFILE envar
if not exist %BUILDFILE% goto done

:run
@echo on
%JAVAEXE% -cp %LAUNCHERJAR% org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main -noupdate -application org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner -data %WORKSPACE% -buildfile %BUILDFILE%

:done
pause

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