--------
  Introduction
  --------
  Brett Porter
  Hervé Boutemy
  --------
  2008-07-17
  --------

~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
~~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
~~ distributed with this work for additional information
~~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
~~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
~~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
~~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
~~
~~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
~~
~~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
~~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
~~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
~~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
~~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
~~ under the License.

~~ NOTE: For help with the syntax of this file, see:
~~ http://maven.apache.org/doxia/references/apt-format.html

Maven Ant Tasks

  The Mavent Ant Tasks allow many of Maven's artifact handling features to be used
  from within Ant. These include:

    * <Dependency management> - including transitive dependencies, scope recognition and SNAPSHOT handling

    * <Artifact deployment> - deployment to a Maven repository (file integrated, other with extensions)

    * <POM processing> - for reading a Maven 2.0.x <<<pom.xml>>> file

  The Ant tasks can be downloaded from the {{{http://maven.apache.org/download.html} Maven 2.0 download page}}.

  Ant 1.6.x or 1.7.x is required to use Maven Ant tasks.

* Usage

  General instructions for installing and using the maven ant tasks can be found on the {{{installation.html}installation page}}
  and the {{{usage.html}usage page}} respectively.

* Examples

  Several common usage examples are provided for the following tasks:

  * {{{examples/dependencies.html}Dependencies task}}

  * {{{examples/install-deploy.html}Install and Deploy tasks}}

  * {{{examples/pom.html}Pom task}}

  * {{{examples/mvn.html}Mvn task}}

* Getting Help

  If you have any questions specific to the Ant tasks, please contact the
  {{{http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html} Maven Users Mailing List}}.

  For more on the Maven functionality behind the Ant tasks, try the following links:

    * {{{http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html} Dependency Mechanism}}

    * {{{http://maven.apache.org/maven-settings/settings.html} Settings Reference}}

    * {{{http://maven.apache.org/maven-model/maven.html} POM Reference}}