Version 0.4 beta2 of JWare/AntXtras Foundation (AntXtras) is available. This milestone focuses on the build-rule and assertion framework.
o AntXtras 0.4's mission is to integrate and leverage the new Ant 1.6 internals. Significant new functionality has been rescheduled to the 0.5 release. Review the "ourplans" section of the site to see the features, bugfixes, etc. in the pipeline for subsequent AntXtras milestones.
o AntXtras 0.4 is now based on Ant 1.6.1-- it no longer works with the Ant 1.5.x runtime. Unfortunately, this dependency is necessary to efficiently solve many of the incompatibilities AntX 0.3 had with the new Ant plumbing and task lifecycle management.
About AntXtras --------------
AntXtras is a collection of useful Ant add-on tasks organized into five groups: build-rules, flowcontrol, feedback, helpers, and testing-aids. We use AntXtras as the foundation for our own in-house continuous integration environment. However, these tasks are generally useful to anyone using Ant. See the online 'User Guide' for complete documentation.
Highlights ----------
1. Resource bundle based messages and property management.
2. A complete rules framework complete with assertions,
default preferences, environment checks and tallies,
and reusable build-rules. 3. A complete bridge to Log4J logging system for a robust
build monitoring system. Also includes a contributed
package to bridge to the J2SE's Logging APIs. These
components let you capture and map Ant log messages
and stdio to an external system, a file, or a regular
Ant property. 4. A complete build fault and recovery framework. These
components let you capture, record, and possibly
recover from build problems. 5. A collection of diagnostics helpers for task developers
to test their tasks within an actual Ant execution.
Developers can use JUnit or Ant itself as the test
runner.Web Resources -------------
AntXtras components overview at: http://purl.net/jware/overview/antx Download AntXtras from: http://purl.net/jware/download/antx AntXtras release notes at: http://purl.net/jware/antx/download/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
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