build.xml

<project name="MDE-Web-Service" basedir="." default="package">

    <!-- project-specific variables -->
    <property name="app.name" value="MDE-Web-Service" />
    <property name="package.name" value="${app.name}.war" />
    <property name="webapp.dir" value="/webapps" />

    <property name="lib.dir" value="lib" />
    <property name="src.dir" value="src" />
    <property name="dest.dir" value="target" />

    <!-- put everything in a temp folder with the right structure during the build -->
    <property name="temp.dir" value="temp" />
    <property name="temp.dir.web-inf" value="${temp.dir}/WEB-INF" />
    <property name="temp.dir.lib" value="${temp.dir.web-inf}/lib" />
    <property name="temp.dir.classes" value="${temp.dir.web-inf}/classes" />
    <property name="temp.dir.meta-inf" value="${temp.dir}/META-INF" />

    <property name="package.file" value="${dest.dir}/${package.name}" />

    <path id="build.class.path">
        <fileset dir="lib">
            <include name="**/*.jar" />
        </fileset>
    </path>

    <target name="clean">
        <delete>
            <fileset dir="${dest.dir}" includes="**/*"/>
        </delete>
        <delete dir="${temp.dir}" />
        <delete dir="${temp.dir.classes}" />
        <delete dir="${temp.dir.meta-inf}" />
        <delete dir="${temp.dir.web-inf}" />
    </target>

    <target name="prepare" depends="clean">
        <mkdir dir="${dest.dir}" />
        <mkdir dir="${temp.dir}" />
        <mkdir dir="${temp.dir.lib}" />
        <mkdir dir="${temp.dir.meta-inf}" />
        <mkdir dir="${temp.dir.web-inf}" />
        <mkdir dir="${temp.dir.classes}" />
    </target>

    <!-- COMPILE -->
    <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
        <echo>=== COMPILE ===</echo>
        <echo>Compiling ${src.dir} files ...</echo>
        <javac debug="on" srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${temp.dir.classes}" includes="**/*">
            <classpath refid="build.class.path" />
        </javac>
    </target>

    <!-- PACKAGE -->
    <target name="package" depends="compile">
      <echo>=== PACKAGE ===</echo>
     
      <!-- the ant war task. with all resources in place, create the war file -->
      <war destfile="${package.file}" webxml="./WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml" basedir="${temp.dir}">
        <fileset dir="${temp.dir}"/>
        <lib dir="${lib.dir}" />
        <classes dir="${temp.dir.classes}" />
      </war>
    </target>

    <!-- INSTALL -->
	<target name="install" depends="package">
      <echo>=== INSTALL ===</echo>
      <copy file="${package.file}" tofile="${webapp.dir}/${package.name}" overwrite="true" />
    </target>

</project>