build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- ===========================================================================================
     B.Sc. Software Development – Advanced Object-Oriented Design Principles & Patterns (2013)  
     
     An Encoding API for Java
     =========================================================================================== -->
<project name="Encode" default="archive">
    <description>
    	Compile the source code, generate JavaDocs and package the application in a JAR Archive.
    </description>
	
	<!-- Declare global properties (name/value pairs) for this build -->
	<property name="srcDir" value="src/ie/gmit/encode"/>
	<property name="testDir" value="src/ie/gmit/test"/>
	
	<property name="distDir" value="encode"/>
	<property name="buildDir" value="${distDir}/build"/>
	<property name="docDir" value="${distDir}/docs"/>
	
	<!-- Delete any previously created directories and files -->
    <target name="clean">
    	<delete dir="${buildDir}"/>
        <delete dir="${distDir}"/>        
    	<delete dir="${docDir}"/>  
    </target>
	
	<!-- Initialisation task -->
    <target name="init" depends="clean">
		<tstamp/>
    	<mkdir dir="${buildDir}"/>
        <mkdir dir="${distDir}"/>        
    	<mkdir dir="${docDir}"/> 
    </target>	
    
    <!-- Setup Classpath -->
	<path id="lib.path.ref">
   		<fileset dir="src/lib" includes="*.jar"/>
  	</path>
 

	<!-- Compile source code -->
	
	<target name="compile" depends="init">
		<javac classpathref="lib.path.ref" srcdir="${srcDir}" destdir="${buildDir}"/>
	</target>
	
	<!-- Compile test code -->
	
	<target name="test" depends="compile">
		<javac classpathref="lib.path.ref" srcdir="${testDir}" destdir="${buildDir}"/>
	</target>
	
	<!-- Generate JavaDocs -->
    <target name="doc" depends="test">
        <javadoc classpathref="lib.path.ref" packagenames="ie.gmit.encode" sourcepath="src" destdir="${docDir}" author="true" version="true"
            use="true" windowtitle="An Encoding API for Java">
            <doctitle><![CDATA[<h1>An Encoding API for Java</h1>]]></doctitle>
            <bottom><![CDATA[<i>Copyright &#169; 2013</i>]]></bottom>
        </javadoc>
    </target>
	
	<!-- Create Java application archive (Jar) -->
	<target name="archive" depends="doc">

   		<!-- Set Manifest Classpath for Appache Base64 API-->
    	<manifestclasspath property="mf.classpath" jarfile="${distDir}/encoder.jar">
      		<classpath>
            	<fileset dir="src/lib" includes="commons-codec-1.9.jar"/>
        	</classpath>
   		</manifestclasspath>

   		<!-- Create the Jar -->
    	<jar jarfile="${distDir}/encoder.jar" basedir="${buildDir}">
        	<manifest>
            	<attribute name="Main-Class" value="ie.gmit.Base64Encoder"/>
            	<attribute name="Class-Path" value="${mf.classpath}"/> 
        	</manifest>
    	</jar>
    </target>
</project>