Basic components/tags:
1) project - attributes: name, default, and basedir
2) target - attributes: name, depends, if, unless, descriptiondefault, and basedir
3) tasks - can be built-in or user defined
Common tasks: init, sets properties, prepare, creates directories, build, builds the system, package, creates jar file, install, installs an application to Tomcat or other engine, deploy, deploy a WAR engine, reload, update previously installed application engine, redeploy
4) properties - to reference, enclose in "
${" and "}"Some Built-in Properties: basedir, ant.file, ant.version, ant.project.name, ant.java.version
Tags:
Ref:
http://ant.apache.org/manual/using.html
