How to pass argument to ant script while running from java code?

Question

I want to execute an antscript from java program with arguments, example: ant -f myantscript.xml -dir \my\path\dir .I am able to run without arguments like this

   File buildFile = new File("build.xml");
   Project p = new Project();
   p.setUserProperty("ant.xml", buildFile.getAbsolutePath());
   p.init();
   ProjectHelper helper = ProjectHelper.getProjectHelper();
   p.addReference("ant.projectHelper", helper);
   helper.parse(p, buildFile);
   p.executeTarget(p.getDefaultTarget());

which function can i use to set arguments ?

Muhammad Hamed · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-29 15:14:35Z

1

You can set it as a system property

Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.setProperty("build.dir", "build");

Or

System.setProperty("build.dir", "build");

I hope this could help.

answered Oct 29, 2015 at 15:14

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