Magic Templates

Templates provide the mechanism for the sequencing of magic tasks. A template is a classic ant build file containing a set of common build procedures that can be overriden or extended within a particular project.

A typical project build file will import the standard build file as shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<project name="avalon-repository-api" default="install" basedir=".">
  <property file="build.properties"/>
  <import file="${project.home}/build/standard.xml"/>
</project>