Calling ant file through java code

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Is it possible to call Ant or NSIS scripts from Java code?

I need to call an ant build in java code. I try to use Runtime class. I dont know how to give the ant build to the following code. I tried to assign the entire ant script to a string, it wont work. Any suggestion

Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("command");

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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This question should help you:

Is it possible to call Ant or NSIS scripts from Java code?

And this one has a good link in the accepted answer explaining running commands from java in general: Collect Linux command output

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answered Jun 22 '11 at 18:42

Nick DeFazio

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '11 at 18:42

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Try "cmd /c ant build", that should work.

answered Jun 22 '11 at 18:42

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '11 at 22:46

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Alternatively use Gant which is nothing else than using Groovy for scripting Ant scripts instead of using xml.
Groovy scripts compile to Java bytecode - pure Java.

answered Jun 22 '11 at 22:46

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