The following command invokes a classic build using magic's standard template.

$ cd demo/gizmo
$ ant

$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml

info:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
name: gizmo
------------------------------------------------------------------------

init:

prepare:
[x:prepare] creating target directory
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\main
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\main
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\test
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\test

build:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\classes

package:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\deliverables\jars
      [jar] Building jar: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\deliverables\jars\gizmo.jar
    [x:jar] Creating md5 checksum

test:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\classes
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\reports
    [junit] Running org.apache.playground.gizmo.test.GizmoTestCase
    [junit] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.078 sec


install:
     [copy] Copying 2 files to F:\system\magic\main\demo

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 8 seconds

Ant provides a framework for the customization of a build by overriding and/or delegating to a imported template. Using magic's standard targets as the framework you can easily add custom ant content to you build file. The following xml demonstrates the customization of the gizmo build.xml file to include some project specific ant content.

  <import file="${magic.templates}/standard.xml"/>

  <target name="build" depends="standard.build">
    <echo>
Hi! This is classic ant.  I'm being invoked after the 
standard.xml build target has been completed.
    </echo>
  </target>

$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml

info:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
name: gizmo
------------------------------------------------------------------------

init:

prepare:

standard.build:

build:
     [echo]
     [echo] Hi! This is classic ant.  I'm being invoked after the 
     [echo] standard.xml build target has been completed.
     [echo]

package:

test:
    [junit] Running org.apache.playground.gizmo.test.GizmoTestCase
    [junit] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.078 sec


install:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 6 seconds

The following command invokes a reactor build that initates the build of all registered projects with a basedir within the scope of the current directory (i.e. widget and gizmo) relative to the demo directory. Magic will ensure that the project are built in the correct order taking into account respective project dependencies.

$ cd demo
$ ant

$ ant
Buildfile: build.xml

install:
[x:reactor] Preparing build sequence.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[demo/gizmo]
[demo/widget]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

info:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
name: gizmo
------------------------------------------------------------------------

init:

prepare:
[x:prepare] creating target directory
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\main
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\main
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\test
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\build\test

build:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\classes

package:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\deliverables\jars
      [jar] Building jar: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\deliverables\jars\gizmo.jar
    [x:jar] Creating md5 checksum

test:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\classes
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\gizmo\target\test\reports
    [junit] Running org.apache.playground.gizmo.test.GizmoTestCase
    [junit] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.078 sec


install:
     [copy] Copying 2 files to F:\system\magic\main\demo

info:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
name: widget
------------------------------------------------------------------------

init:

prepare:
[x:prepare] creating target directory
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\build\main
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\build\main
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\build\test
     [copy] Copying 1 file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\build\test

build:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\classes

package:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\deliverables\jars
      [jar] Building jar: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\deliverables\jars\widget.jar
    [x:jar] Creating md5 checksum

test:
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\test\classes
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\test\classes
    [mkdir] Created dir: F:\dev\avalon\tools\magic\etc\test\demo\widget\target\test\reports
    [junit] Running org.apache.playground.widget.test.WidgetTestCase
    [junit] Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.047 sec


install:
     [copy] Copying 2 files to F:\system\magic\main\demo

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 14 seconds

The next section deals with build customization using magic plugins.