Overview
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved to import ant project in Eclipse IDE. Apache Ant is a build automation tool. The Ant project is configured with build.xml file. Every project based on this tool would have a build.xml file present in the project root directory.
Import Ant Project
Launch Eclipse IDE.
Copy the project folder to the Eclipse workspace.
Click on the menu options File >> New >> Other…
Choose the wizard Java Project from Ant Buildfile and click on the Next > button.
Click on the Browse… button.
Choose the build.xml file of the project that you want to import.
Click on the Finish button to create the Ant project.
If you want to link the Ant build file to the file system check the option.
That’s it! We have successfully created a project from the Ant build file.
More Info
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