diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/exec.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/exec.xml
index 8c977f508..20e56565f 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/exec.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/exec.xml
@@ -16,56 +16,54 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project name="exec-test" default="spawn" basedir=".">
-    <property name="output" location="${java.io.tmpdir}/testoutput"/>
-    <target name="init">
-        <!-- this property can be overriden programatically in the Java test case -->
-        <property name="timeToWait" value="10"/>
-        <!-- this property can be overriden programatically in the Java test case -->
-        <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
-        <property name="logFile" value="${output}/spawn.log"/>
-        <property environment="env"/>
-        <!-- UNIX -->
-        <available file="sh" filepath="${env.PATH}" property="sh.executable"/>
-        <!-- CYGWIN -->
-        <available file="sh.exe" filepath="${env.PATH}" property="sh.exe.executable"/>
-        <!-- WINDOWS + CYGWIN -->
-        <available file="sh.exe" filepath="${env.Path}" property="sh.exe.executable"/>
-        <condition property="test.can.run">
-            <or>
-                <isset property="sh.executable"/>
-                <isset property="sh.exe.executable"/>
-            </or>
-        </condition>
-    </target>
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-    <target name="spawn" depends="init" if="test.can.run">
-        <exec executable="sh" spawn="true">
-            <arg value="spawn.sh"/>
-            <arg value="${timeToWait}" />
-            <arg value="${logFile}" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+     <!-- this property can be overriden programatically in the Java test case -->
+    <property name="timeToWait" value="10"/>
+    <!-- this property can be overriden programatically in the Java test case -->
+    <property name="logFile" value="${output}/spawn.log"/>
+    <property environment="env"/>
+    <!-- UNIX -->
+    <available file="sh" filepath="${env.PATH}" property="sh.executable"/>
+    <!-- CYGWIN -->
+    <available file="sh.exe" filepath="${env.PATH}" property="sh.exe.executable"/>
+    <!-- WINDOWS + CYGWIN -->
+    <available file="sh.exe" filepath="${env.Path}" property="sh.exe.executable"/>
+    <condition property="test.can.run">
+      <or>
+        <isset property="sh.executable"/>
+        <isset property="sh.exe.executable"/>
+      </or>
+    </condition>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="test-out-and-err" description="see https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50507" depends="init" if="test.can.run">
-        <mkdir dir="${output}" />
-        <ant antfile="blabla.xml" output="${output}/test-out-and-err.txt">
-        </ant>
-        <loadfile srcfile="${output}/test-out-and-err.txt" property="test-out-and-err">
-            <filterchain>
-                <replaceregex pattern="^\s*\[exec\] some blablablablablablablablablablablabla error message err$" flags="m" />
-                <replaceregex pattern="^\s*\[exec\] some blablablablablablablablablablablabla info message out$" flags="m" />
-            </filterchain>
-        </loadfile>
-        <fail message="output indicates a mixup of out and err: '${test-out-and-err}'">
-            <condition>
-                <contains string="${test-out-and-err}" substring="[exec]" />
-            </condition>
-        </fail>
+  <target name="spawn" depends="setUp" if="test.can.run">
+    <exec executable="sh" spawn="true">
+      <arg value="spawn.sh"/>
+      <arg value="${timeToWait}"/>
+      <arg value="${logFile}"/>
+    </exec>
+  </target>
 
-    </target>
+  <target name="test-out-and-err" description="see https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50507"
+          depends="setUp" if="test.can.run">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <ant antfile="blabla.xml" output="${output}/test-out-and-err.txt">
+    </ant>
+    <loadfile srcfile="${output}/test-out-and-err.txt" property="test-out-and-err">
+      <filterchain>
+        <replaceregex pattern="^\s*\[exec\] some blablablablablablablablablablablabla error message err$" flags="m"/>
+        <replaceregex pattern="^\s*\[exec\] some blablablablablablablablablablablabla info message out$" flags="m"/>
+      </filterchain>
+    </loadfile>
+    <fail message="output indicates a mixup of out and err: '${test-out-and-err}'">
+      <condition>
+        <contains string="${test-out-and-err}" substring="[exec]"/>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="cleanup">
-        <delete file="${logFile}"/>
-        <delete dir="${output}"/>
-    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
index 4547ec4b4..3a4280e6b 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml
@@ -16,18 +16,17 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project name="fixcrlf" default="cleanup" basedir=".">
-  <target name="init">
-    <mkdir dir="result" />
-  </target>
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete dir="result" />
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
   </target>
 
+
   <macrodef name="assertequal">
     <attribute name="junk" default="" />
     <attribute name="name" default="Junk@{junk}.java" />
-    <attribute name="file1" default="result/@{name}" />
+    <attribute name="file1" default="${output}/@{name}" />
     <attribute name="file2" default="expected/@{name}" />
     <sequential>
       <fail message="@{file1} and @{file2} are different">
@@ -40,84 +39,84 @@
     </sequential>
   </macrodef>
 
-  <target name="test1" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test1" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk1.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="add" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="1" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test2" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test2" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk2.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="add" cr="add" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="2" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test3" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test3" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk3.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="3" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test4" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test4" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk4.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="4" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test5" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test5" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk5.java"
              tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="5" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test6" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test6" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk6.java"
              tab="add" cr="remove" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="6" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test7" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test7" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk7.java"
              tab="add" cr="add" eof="asis" />
     <assertequal junk="7" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test8" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test8" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk8.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="add" cr="add" eof="add" />
     <assertequal junk="8" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test9" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="test9" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk9.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="remove" cr="remove" eof="remove" />
     <assertequal junk="9" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testMacLines" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testMacLines" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Mac2Unix" eol="lf" />
     <assertequal name="Mac2Unix" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="testNoOverwrite" depends="test1">
-    <touch file="result/Junk1.java" millis="0" />
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+    <touch file="${output}/Junk1.java" millis="0" />
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="Junk1.java" preservelastmodified="false"
              javafiles="true" tab="add" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
     <fail message="overwrote unchanged output file">Q
       <condition>
         <not>
-          <isfileselected file="result/Junk1.java">
+          <isfileselected file="${output}/Junk1.java">
             <date when="equal" millis="0" />
           </isfileselected>
         </not>
@@ -125,112 +124,112 @@
     </fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testEncoding" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testEncoding" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="input.crlf.utf16"
              javafiles="false" cr="remove" encoding="UnicodeBig" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/input.crlf.utf16"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/input.crlf.utf16"
                  file2="expected/input.lf.utf16" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testOutputEncoding" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testOutputEncoding" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="input.crlf.utf16"
              javafiles="false" eol="lf" encoding="UnicodeBig"
              outputencoding="ascii" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/input.crlf.utf16"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/input.crlf.utf16"
                  file2="expected/input.lf.ascii" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testLongLines" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testLongLines" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="longlines.crlf"
              javafiles="false" cr="remove" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/longlines.crlf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/longlines.crlf"
                  file2="expected/longlines.lf" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-unix" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-unix" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="crcrlf" eol="lf" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/crcrlf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/crcrlf"
                  file2="expected/crcrlf.unix" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-dos" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-dos" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="crcrlf" eol="crlf" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/crcrlf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/crcrlf"
                  file2="expected/crcrlf.dos" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-mac" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testCrCrLfSequence-mac" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="crcrlf" eol="cr" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/crcrlf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/crcrlf"
                  file2="expected/crcrlf.mac" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFixlastDos" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testFixlastDos" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="fixlastfalse.lf" eol="crlf" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/fixlastfalse.lf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/fixlastfalse.lf"
                  file2="expected/fixlast.dos" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFixlastFalseMac" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testFixlastFalseMac" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"
              includes="fixlastfalse.lf" eol="cr" fixlast="false" />
-    <assertequal file1="result/fixlastfalse.lf"
+    <assertequal file1="${output}/fixlastfalse.lf"
                  file2="expected/fixlastfalse.mac" />
   </target>
 
   <!-- Bugzilla Report 20840 -->
-  <target name="createParentDirs" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="." destdir="result" includes="input/Junk1.java" />
+  <target name="createParentDirs" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="." destdir="${output}" includes="input/Junk1.java" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFixFile" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" destdir="result" />
+  <target name="testFixFile" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" destdir="${output}" />
     <fail message="didn't create output file">
       <condition>
         <not>
-          <available file="result/longlines.crlf" />
+          <available file="${output}/longlines.crlf" />
         </not>
       </condition>
     </fail>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFixFileExclusive" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" srcdir="input" destdir="result"/>
+  <target name="testFixFileExclusive" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" srcdir="input" destdir="${output}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testPreserveLastModified" depends="init">
-    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" destdir="result"
+  <target name="testPreserveLastModified" depends="setUp">
+    <fixcrlf file="input/longlines.crlf" destdir="${output}"
              preservelastmodified="true" />
     <fail>
       <condition>
         <not>
-          <uptodate srcfile="result/longlines.crlf"
+          <uptodate srcfile="${output}/longlines.crlf"
                     targetfile="input/longlines.crlf" />
         </not>
       </condition>
     </fail>
 
-    <touch file="result/longlines.crlf" millis="0" />
+    <touch file="${output}/longlines.crlf" millis="0" />
 
-    <fixcrlf file="result/longlines.crlf" destdir="result" eol="lf"
+    <fixcrlf file="${output}/longlines.crlf" destdir="${output}" eol="lf"
              preservelastmodified="true" />
 
-    <fileset id="fs" file="result/longlines.crlf">
+    <fileset id="fs" file="${output}/longlines.crlf">
       <date when="equal" millis="0" />
     </fileset>
     <property name="fs" refid="fs" />
     <fail unless="fs" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter1" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk1.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter1" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk1.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="add"
                  eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
@@ -239,8 +238,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="1" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter2" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk2.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter2" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk2.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="add" cr="add" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -248,8 +247,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="2" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter3" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk3.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter3" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk3.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -257,8 +256,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="3" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter4" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk4.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter4" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk4.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -266,8 +265,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="4" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter5" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk5.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter5" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk5.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf tab="remove" eol="lf" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -275,8 +274,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="5" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter6" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk6.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter6" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk6.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf tab="add" cr="remove" eol="crlf" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -284,8 +283,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="6" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter7" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk7.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter7" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk7.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf tab="add" cr="add" eof="asis" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -293,8 +292,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="7" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter8" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk8.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter8" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk8.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="add" cr="add" eof="add" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -302,8 +301,8 @@
     <assertequal junk="8" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testFilter9" depends="init">
-    <copy file="input/Junk9.java" todir="result" overwrite="true">
+  <target name="testFilter9" depends="setUp">
+    <copy file="input/Junk9.java" todir="${output}" overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="remove" cr="remove" eof="remove" />
       </filterchain>
@@ -312,13 +311,13 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testCannotDoubleEof" depends="test8">
-    <fixcrlf file="result/Junk8.java"
+    <fixcrlf file="${output}/Junk8.java"
              javafiles="true" tab="add" cr="add" eof="add" />
     <assertequal junk="8" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="testTabInLiteralInComment">
-    <copy file="input/tab_in_literal_in_comment" todir="result"
+    <copy file="input/tab_in_literal_in_comment" todir="${output}"
           overwrite="true">
       <filterchain>
         <fixcrlf javafiles="true" tab="remove" eol="lf" fixlast="false" />
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/jspc.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/jspc.xml
index b0c1ef2ac..f1207908e 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/jspc.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/jspc.xml
@@ -18,116 +18,116 @@
 
 <project name="jspc-test" default="main" basedir=".">
 
-   <target name="main" depends="testSimple">
-   </target>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <property name="jsp.dir" location="jsp"/>
-        <property name="jsp.output.dir" location="${jsp.dir}/java"/>
-        <property name="jsp.verbosity" value="3"/>
-        <property name="jsp.compiler" value="jasper41"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${jsp.output.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-    
-    <target name="cleanup">
-        <delete dir="${jsp.output.dir}"/>   
-    </target>
-   
-   <!-- this should fail -->
-   <!-- it should not create an output file, but it does, which needs
-        cleanup -->
-   <target name="testNoTld" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-               name="missing_tld.jsp"/>
-        </jspc>
-   </target>
-
-   <!-- this should compile to simple.java -->
-    <!-- also, stick to the default compiler here to ensure it still works-->
-   <target name="testSimple" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-               name="simple.jsp"/>
-        </jspc>
-   </target>   
-
-    <!-- this should compile to uriroot.java -->
-    <target name="testUriroot" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           uriroot="${jsp.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-                name="uriroot.jsp"/>
-        </jspc>
-    </target> 
-   
-   <!-- this should compile an xml format jsp page to xml.java -->
-    <target name="testXml" depends="init">
-      <jspc
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <property name="jsp.dir" location="jsp"/>
+    <property name="jsp.output.dir" location="${output}"/>
+    <property name="jsp.verbosity" value="3"/>
+    <property name="jsp.compiler" value="jasper41"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${jsp.output.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="main" depends="testSimple">
+  </target>
+
+
+  <!-- this should fail -->
+  <!-- it should not create an output file, but it does, which needs
+       cleanup -->
+  <target name="testNoTld" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="missing_tld.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- this should compile to simple.java -->
+  <!-- also, stick to the default compiler here to ensure it still works-->
+  <target name="testSimple" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="simple.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- this should compile to uriroot.java -->
+  <target name="testUriroot" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        uriroot="${jsp.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="uriroot.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- this should compile an xml format jsp page to xml.java -->
+  <target name="testXml" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
         destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
         uriroot="${jsp.dir}"
         srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
         compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
         verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-          <include name="xml.jsp"/>
-      </jspc>
-   </target>
-   
-   <!-- this should compile default.jsp to mangled(%default).java -->
-   <target name="testKeyword" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-               name="default.jsp"/>
-        </jspc>
-   </target>  
-   
-   <!-- this should compile default.jsp to mangled(%default).java -->
-   <target name="testInvalidClassname" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-               name="1nvalid-classname.jsp"/>
-        </jspc>
-   </target>  
-
-   <!-- non jsp pages should be ignored -->
-   <target name="testNotAJspFile" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <include
-               name="wrong_type.txt"/>
-        </jspc>
-   </target>
-   
-   <!-- test for webapp compilation -->
-   <target name="testWebapp" depends="init">
-        <jspc
-           destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
-           compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
-           verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
-            <webapp basedir="${jsp.dir}" />
-        </jspc>
-   </target>  
-   
+      <include name="xml.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- this should compile default.jsp to mangled(%default).java -->
+  <target name="testKeyword" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="default.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- this should compile default.jsp to mangled(%default).java -->
+  <target name="testInvalidClassname" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="1nvalid-classname.jsp"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- non jsp pages should be ignored -->
+  <target name="testNotAJspFile" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        srcdir="${jsp.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <include
+          name="wrong_type.txt"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- test for webapp compilation -->
+  <target name="testWebapp" depends="setUp">
+    <jspc
+        destdir="${jsp.output.dir}"
+        compiler="${jsp.compiler}"
+        verbose="${jsp.verbosity}">
+      <webapp basedir="${jsp.dir}"/>
+    </jspc>
+  </target>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml
index 465e7f3e5..8a4943e8e 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@
 -->
 
 <project name="junit-test" basedir="." default="outputTests">
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+  </target>
+
   <property name="showoutput" value="false" />
   <path id="test">
     <pathelement path="${java.class.path}" />
     <pathelement location="../../../../../build/testcases" />
   </path>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete file="testlog.txt"/>
-    <delete dir="out"/>
-  </target>
-
   <target name="testForkedOutput">
     <junit fork="yes" haltonerror="true" haltonfailure="true" 
            showoutput="${showoutput}">
@@ -91,11 +92,12 @@
     </junit>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="capture">
+  <target name="capture" depends="setUp">
     <property name="fork" value="false"/>
     <junit fork="${fork}">
       <test
         name="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.Printer"
+        todir="${output}"
         outfile="testlog"/>
       <formatter type="plain"/>
       <classpath refid="test"/>
@@ -112,12 +114,11 @@
     </junit>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="testBatchTestForkOnceToDir">
-    <mkdir dir="out"/>
+  <target name="testBatchTestForkOnceToDir" depends="setUp">
     <junit fork="true" forkmode="once">
       <formatter type="xml"/>
       <classpath refid="test"/>
-      <batchtest todir="out">
+      <batchtest todir="${output}">
         <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
           <include
             name="org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/*Test.java"/>
@@ -132,11 +133,11 @@
 
   <!-- Bugzilla Report 32973 -->
   <target name="testBatchTestForkOnceExtension">
-    <mkdir dir="out"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <junit fork="true" forkmode="once">
       <formatter type="xml" extension=".foo"/>
       <classpath refid="test"/>
-      <batchtest todir="out">
+      <batchtest todir="${output}">
         <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
           <include
             name="org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/*Test.java"/>
@@ -150,12 +151,12 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="testBatchTestForkOnceCustomFormatter">
-    <mkdir dir="out"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <junit fork="true" forkmode="once">
       <formatter extension="foo"
         classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.TestFormatter"/>
       <classpath refid="test"/>
-      <batchtest todir="out">
+      <batchtest todir="${output}">
         <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
           <include
             name="org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/*Test.java"/>
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="failureRecorder.prepare">
-    <property name="tmp.dir" value="out"/>
+    <property name="tmp.dir" value="${output}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}/org"/>
     <echo file="${tmp.dir}/A.java">
         import junit.framework.*;
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="failureRecorder.internal">  
-    <property name="tmp.dir" value="out"/>
+    <property name="tmp.dir" value="${output}"/>
     <delete>
       <fileset dir="${tmp.dir}" includes="FailedTests*.class"/>
     </delete>
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="failureRecorder.fixing">
-    <property name="tmp.dir" value="out"/>
+    <property name="tmp.dir" value="${output}"/>
     <echo file="${tmp.dir}/A.java">
         import junit.framework.*;
         public class A extends TestCase {
@@ -278,12 +279,12 @@
 
   <!-- JUnit4 Ignore and Assume for skipping tests -->
   <target name="testSkippableTests">
-    <mkdir dir="out"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <junit fork="true">
             <classpath refid="test"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
             <classpath refid="test"/>
-            <batchtest todir="out">
+            <batchtest todir="${output}">
                 <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
                     <include name="org/example/junit/JUnit4Skippable.java"/>
                     <!-- tests remove out-dir on tearDown -->
@@ -295,12 +296,12 @@
 
   <!-- Skipping classes that are not tests -->
   <target name="testNonTests">
-    <mkdir dir="out"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
         <junit fork="true">
             <classpath refid="test"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
             <classpath refid="test"/>
-            <batchtest todir="out" skipNonTests="true">
+            <batchtest todir="${output}" skipNonTests="true">
                 <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
                     <include name="org/example/junit/*Missed.java"/>
                     <!-- tests remove out-dir on tearDown -->
@@ -311,12 +312,12 @@
 
     <!-- Not skipping classes that are not tests -->
     <target name="testNonTestsRun">
-        <mkdir dir="out"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
         <junit fork="true">
             <classpath refid="test"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
             <classpath refid="test"/>
-            <batchtest todir="out" skipNonTests="false">
+            <batchtest todir="${output}" skipNonTests="false">
                 <fileset dir="../../../../tests/junit">
                     <include name="org/example/junit/*Missed.java"/>
                     <!-- tests remove out-dir on tearDown -->
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@
     </target>
 
   <target name="testTestMethods" >
-    <property name="tmp.dir" value="out"/>
+    <property name="tmp.dir" value="${output}"/>
     <echo file="${tmp.dir}/T1.java">public class T1 extends
       junit.framework.TestCase {
       public void testOK() {}
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport.xml
index dd6b2e17c..608066256 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport.xml
@@ -16,138 +16,139 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<project name="junitreport-test" basedir="." default="reports">
+<project name="junitreport-test" basedir="." default="reports1">
 
-    <property name="jrdir" location="junitreport"/>
-    <property name="outputdir" location="${jrdir}/test"/>
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+  </target>
+
+
+  <property name="jrdir" location="junitreport"/>
 
     <!-- reports1 take care of transformation of 2 test result files and
          produce reports according to the default format (frames)
          needed for testNoFileJUnitNoFrames -->
     <target name="reports1">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testEmptyFile">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="ZEROBYTES-*.xml"/>
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testIncompleteFile">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="INCOMPLETE-*.xml"/>
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testWrongElement">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="WRONGELEMENT-*.xml"/>
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testNamespace">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="NAMESPACE-*.xml"/>
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${outputdir}"/>
-    </target>
-
     <target name="testStackTraceLineBreaks">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testSpecialSignsInSrcPath">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases"/>
-        <copy todir="${outputdir}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases"/>
+        <copy todir="${output}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases">
             <fileset dir="junitreport" includes="TEST-*.xml"/>
         </copy>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}/html">
-            <fileset dir="${outputdir}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases">
+        <junitreport todir="${output}/html">
+            <fileset dir="${output}/test# $$%§&amp;-!cases">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testSpecialSignsInHtmlPath">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/test"/>
-        <copy todir="${outputdir}/test">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/test"/>
+        <copy todir="${output}/test">
             <fileset dir="junitreport" includes="TEST-*.xml"/>
         </copy>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report">
-            <fileset dir="${outputdir}/test">
+        <junitreport todir="${output}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report">
+            <fileset dir="${output}/test">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html# $$%§&amp;-!report"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testWithStyleFromClasspath">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testNoFrames">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html" format="noframes"/>
+            <report todir="${output}/html" format="noframes"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testWithStyleFromDir">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"
+            <report todir="${output}/html"
                 styledir="junitreport"
                 format="frames"/>
         </junitreport>
@@ -155,24 +156,24 @@
 
     <!-- bug report 40022 -->
     <target name="testWithStyleFromDirAndXslImport">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"
+            <report todir="${output}/html"
                 styledir="junitreport-with-include"
                 format="frames"/>
         </junitreport>
     </target>
 
     <target name="testWithParams">
-        <mkdir dir="${outputdir}/html"/>
-        <junitreport todir="${outputdir}">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/html"/>
+        <junitreport todir="${output}">
             <fileset dir="${jrdir}">
                 <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
             </fileset>
-            <report todir="${outputdir}/html"
+            <report todir="${output}/html"
                 styledir="junitreport"
                 format="frames">
                 <param name="key1" expression="value1"/>
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
             </report>
         </junitreport>
         <concat>
-            <fileset file="${outputdir}/html/index.html"/>
+            <fileset file="${output}/html/index.html"/>
         </concat>        
     </target>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/propertyfile.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/propertyfile.xml
index e656f5d24..20a17271b 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/propertyfile.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/propertyfile.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
 
 <project name="propertyfile-test" default="main" basedir=".">
 
-   <property file="propertyfile.build.properties"/>
+  <import file="../../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+  </target>
+
+  <property file="${output}/propertyfile.build.properties"/>
 
    <target name="main">
       <fail>
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@
 
    <target name="update-existing-properties">
       <propertyfile
-          file="${test.propertyfile}"
+          file="${output}/${test.propertyfile}"
           comment="unit test for the property file task..." >
         <entry  key="firstname" value="${firstname}" />
         <entry  key="lastname"  value="${lastname}" />
@@ -43,14 +49,14 @@
    <target name="delete-properties">
     <echoproperties/>
       <propertyfile
-          file="${test.propertyfile}"
+          file="${output}/${test.propertyfile}"
           comment="unit test for the property file task..." >
         <entry  key="firstname" operation="del" />
       </propertyfile>
    </target>
 
    <target name="exercise">
-     <propertyfile file="${test.propertyfile}">
+     <propertyfile file="${output}/${test.propertyfile}">
         <entry key="existing.prop"
                type="int"
                default="23"/>
@@ -91,11 +97,11 @@
                value="8"
                pattern="MMdd"/>
      </propertyfile>
-     <property file="${test.propertyfile}"/>
+     <property file="${output}/${test.propertyfile}"/>
    </target>
    
     <target name="createfile">
-       <echo file="${overwrite.test.propertyfile}">
+       <echo file="${output}/${overwrite.test.propertyfile}">
  foo=3
        </echo>
     </target>
@@ -103,11 +109,11 @@
     <target name="bugDemo1" depends="createfile,bugDemoInit"/>
     
     <target name="bugDemo2" depends="bugDemoInit">
-        <property file="${overwrite.test.propertyfile}"/>
+        <property file="${output}/${overwrite.test.propertyfile}"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="bugDemoInit">
-       <propertyfile file="${overwrite.test.propertyfile}">
+       <propertyfile file="${output}/${overwrite.test.propertyfile}">
           <entry key="foo" default="0" value="1" operation="+" type="int"/>
        </propertyfile>
     </target>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/property.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/property.xml
index 6949fee83..87cda8b01 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/property.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/property.xml
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 <project name="property-test" basedir="." default="test1">
 
-  <property name="tmp.dir" value="_tmpdir_"/>
-  <available property="java5+" classname="java.lang.Iterable"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <target name="tearDown">
-    <delete dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
   </target>
 
+  <available property="java5+" classname="java.lang.Iterable"/>
+
   <target name="test1">
     <property environment="testenv"/>
   </target>
@@ -70,8 +71,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="genXmlPropFile">
-    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>  
-    <echo file="${tmp.dir}/props.xml">&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;
+    <echo file="${output}/props.xml">&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;
 &lt;!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM &quot;http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;properties version=&quot;1.0&quot;&gt;
     &lt;comment&gt;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   </target>      
 
   <target name="testXmlProperty.internal" depends="genXmlPropFile" if="java5+">
-      <property file="${tmp.dir}/props.xml"/>
+      <property file="${output}/props.xml"/>
   </target>    
   <target name="testXmlProperty" depends="testXmlProperty.internal"/>  
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
index ab108b921..1c073118c 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml
@@ -17,60 +17,57 @@
 -->
 <project name="recorder-test" default="all" basedir=".">
 
-    <property name="recin" location="recorder"/>
-    <property name="recdir" location="recorder-out"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-    <target name="all" depends="noappend,append,restart,deleterestart"/>
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="prepare">
-      <mkdir dir="${recdir}"/>
-    </target>
+  <property name="recin" location="recorder"/>
 
-    <target name="noappend">
-        <copy file="${recin}/rectest2.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest1.log"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest1.log" action="start" />
-        <echo message="some message1"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest1.log" action="stop" />
-    </target>
+  <target name="all" depends="noappend,append,restart,deleterestart"/>
 
-    <target name="append">
-        <copy file="${recin}/rectest1.result" tofile="${recdir}/rectest2.log"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest2.log" append="true" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message2"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest2.log" action="stop"/>
-    </target>
+  <target name="noappend">
+    <copy file="${recin}/rectest2.result" tofile="${output}/rectest1.log"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest1.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message1"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest1.log" action="stop"/>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="restart">
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message1"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="stop"/>
-        <echo message="some message2"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message3"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest3.log" action="stop"/>
-    </target>
+  <target name="append">
+    <copy file="${recin}/rectest1.result" tofile="${output}/rectest2.log"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest2.log" append="true" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message2"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest2.log" action="stop"/>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="deleterestart">
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message1"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="stop"/>
-        <delete file="${recdir}/rectest4.log"/>
-        <echo message="some message2"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message3"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest4.log" action="stop"/>
-    </target>
+  <target name="restart">
+    <record name="${output}/rectest3.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message1"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest3.log" action="stop"/>
+    <echo message="some message2"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest3.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message3"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest3.log" action="stop"/>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="subbuild">
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest5.log" action="start"/>
-        <echo message="some message5"/>
-        <ant antfile="recorder2.xml"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest5.log" action="stop"/>
-    </target>
+  <target name="deleterestart">
+    <record name="${output}/rectest4.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message1"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest4.log" action="stop"/>
+    <delete file="${output}/rectest4.log"/>
+    <echo message="some message2"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest4.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message3"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest4.log" action="stop"/>
+  </target>
 
+  <target name="subbuild">
+    <record name="${output}/rectest5.log" action="start"/>
+    <echo message="some message5"/>
+    <ant antfile="recorder2.xml"/>
+    <record name="${output}/rectest5.log" action="stop"/>
+  </target>
 
-    <target name="cleanup">
-       <delete dir="${recdir}"/>
-    </target>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder2.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder2.xml
index da69f9de2..e093cf519 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder2.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder2.xml
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@
 -->
 <project name="recorder-test" default="test6" basedir=".">
 
-    <property name="recin" location="recorder"/>
-    <property name="recdir" location="recorder-out"/>
-
     <target name="test6">
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest6.log" action="start" />
+        <record name="${output}/rectest6.log" action="start" />
         <echo message="some message6"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest5.log" action="stop" />
+        <record name="${output}/rectest5.log" action="stop" />
         <echo message="some message7"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest5.log" action="start" />
+        <record name="${output}/rectest5.log" action="start" />
         <echo message="some message8"/>
-        <record name="${recdir}/rectest6.log" action="stop" />
+        <record name="${output}/rectest6.log" action="stop" />
     </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
index 25abfc3d0..a4039e536 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
 
 <project name="xxx-test" basedir="." default="test1">
 
-  <property name="tmp.dir" location="replace/tmp"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+  </target>
+
 
   <target name="test1">
     <replace/>
@@ -64,29 +69,26 @@
     <!-- of the replacement tokens and values to the platform default -->
     <!-- in certain cases (checkout done with cvs of cygwin, the line endings of the various files do not match-->
     <!-- the system property line.separator -->
-    <copy file="replace/source.txt" tofile="${tmp.dir}/output.txt"/>
-    <copy file="replace/value.txt" tofile="${tmp.dir}/value.txt" />
-    <copy file="replace/result.txt" tofile="${tmp.dir}/result.txt" />
-    <fixcrlf srcdir="${tmp.dir}" includes="*.txt"/>
+    <copy file="replace/source.txt" tofile="${output}/output.txt"/>
+    <copy file="replace/value.txt" tofile="${output}/value.txt" />
+    <copy file="replace/result.txt" tofile="${output}/result.txt" />
+    <fixcrlf srcdir="${output}" includes="*.txt"/>
   </target>
   <target name="test9" depends="test9-setup">
-    <loadfile srcFile="${tmp.dir}/value.txt" property="content"/>
-    <replace file="${tmp.dir}/output.txt" token="@@@Replace this@@@" value="${content}"/>
+    <loadfile srcFile="${output}/value.txt" property="content"/>
+    <replace file="${output}/output.txt" token="@@@Replace this@@@" value="${content}"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="lastModifiedSetup">
-    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
-    <echo file="${tmp.dir}/test.txt">Hello, world!</echo>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <echo file="${output}/test.txt">Hello, world!</echo>
   </target>
   <target name="testNoPreserve">
-    <replace token="world" value="Ant" file="${tmp.dir}/test.txt"/>
+    <replace token="world" value="Ant" file="${output}/test.txt"/>
   </target>
   <target name="testPreserve">
-    <replace token="world" value="Ant" file="${tmp.dir}/test.txt"
+    <replace token="world" value="Ant" file="${output}/test.txt"
              preserveLastModified="true"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="cleanup">
-      <delete dir="${tmp.dir}" quiet="true"/>
-  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/signjar.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/signjar.xml
index 485cde807..38a13592c 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/signjar.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/signjar.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 -->
 <project name="signjartest" default="help" basedir="..">
 
-  <property name="classes.dir" value="../../../build/classes"/>
-  <property name="sign.dir" location="signedjars" />
-  <property name="subdir" location="${sign.dir}/subdir" />
-  <property name="test.jar" location="${sign.dir}/signtest.jar" />
-  <property name="subdirtest.jar" location="${subdir}/signtest.jar" />
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <property name="subdir" location="${output}/subdir" />
+    <property name="classes.dir" value="../../../build/classes"/>
+    <property name="test.jar" location="${output}/signtest.jar" />
+    <property name="subdirtest.jar" location="${subdir}/signtest.jar" />
+
+  </target>
 
 
   <macrodef name="assertSigned">
@@ -45,27 +50,14 @@
            storepass="apacheant"/>
   </presetdef>
 
-
-
   <presetdef name="sign">
     <sign-base jar="${test.jar}" />
   </presetdef>
 
-  <target name="init">
-    <mkdir dir="${sign.dir}" />
-    <mkdir dir="${subdir}" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="jar" depends="init">
+  <target name="jar" depends="setUp">
     <jar jarfile="${test.jar}" basedir="${classes.dir}" includes="**/Task.class"/>
   </target>
 
-
-
-  <target name="clean">
-    <delete dir="${sign.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
   <target name="help">
     <echo>This build is for use with Ant's test cases</echo>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/sync.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/sync.xml
index c1d10d1a1..d2eb126e7 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/sync.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/sync.xml
@@ -16,24 +16,21 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project name="sync-test" default="not-me">
-  <property name="scratch" location="synctest"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
 
-  <target name="not-me">
-    <fail>This file must be used from a test case</fail>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete dir="${scratch}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="setup">
-    <property name="src" location="${scratch}/source"/>
-    <property name="dest" location="${scratch}/target"/>
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+    <property name="src" location="${output}/source"/>
+    <property name="dest" location="${output}/target"/>
     <mkdir dir="${src}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="simplecopy" depends="setup">
+  <target name="not-me">
+    <fail>This file must be used from a test case</fail>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="simplecopy" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <sync todir="${dest}">
@@ -41,7 +38,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copyandremove" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copyandremove" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copyandremove-with-filelist" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copyandremove-with-filelist" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copyandremove-with-zipfileset" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copyandremove-with-zipfileset" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copyandremove-emptypreserve" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copyandremove-emptypreserve" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="emptycopy" depends="setup">
+  <target name="emptycopy" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <sync todir="${dest}">
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="emptydircopy" depends="setup">
+  <target name="emptydircopy" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <sync todir="${dest}"
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="emptydircopyandremove" depends="setup">
+  <target name="emptydircopyandremove" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e/f"/>
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copynoremove" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copynoremove" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@
     </sync>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="copynoremove-selectors" depends="setup">
+  <target name="copynoremove-selectors" depends="setUp">
     <mkdir dir="${src}/a/b/c"/>
     <touch file="${src}/a/b/c/d"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dest}/e"/>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
index d8bca4965..b000ecf5b 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
@@ -17,25 +17,23 @@
 -->
 
 <project name="war-test" basedir="." default="help">
-  <property name="working.dir" value="working"/>
+  <import file="../buildfiletest-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <mkdir dir="${output}" />
+  </target>
+
 
   <target name="help">
     <echo message="Test file for the war task"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="setup">
-    <mkdir dir="${working.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-  
-  <target name="testlibrefs" depends="setup">
+  <target name="testlibrefs" depends="setUp">
     <fileset id="test" dir="." includes="war.xml"/>
-    <war webxml="war.xml" destfile="${working.dir}/test.war">
+    <war webxml="war.xml" destfile="${output}/test.war">
       <lib refid="test"/>
     </war>
-    <unzip src="${working.dir}/test.war" dest="${working.dir}"/>
+    <unzip src="${output}/test.war" dest="${output}"/>
   </target>
   
-  <target name="clean">
-    <delete dir="${working.dir}"/>
-  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTaskTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTaskTest.java
index a80100a6e..27a4a71ce 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecTaskTest.java
@@ -52,20 +52,13 @@ public class ExecTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject(BUILD_FILE);
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        if (logFile != null && logFile.exists()) {
-            getProject().setProperty("logFile", logFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void testspawn() {
-        project.executeTarget("init");
+        project.executeTarget("setUp");
         if (project.getProperty("test.can.run") == null) {
             return;
         }
         myBuild = new MonitoredBuild(new File(System.getProperty("root"), BUILD_FILE), "spawn");
-        logFile = FILE_UTILS.createTempFile("spawn", "log", project.getBaseDir(), false, false);
+        logFile = FILE_UTILS.createTempFile("spawn", "log", getOutputDir(), false, false);
         // this is guaranteed by FileUtils#createTempFile
         assertTrue("log file not existing", !logFile.exists());
         // make the spawned process run 4 seconds
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
index 98b2cb294..b739b835b 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/FixCrLfTest.java
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ public class FixCrLfTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/fixcrlf/build.xml");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void test1() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("test1");
     }
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PropertyTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PropertyTest.java
index b830f5323..aa1e4a79f 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PropertyTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PropertyTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class PropertyTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/property.xml");
+        project.executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     public void test1() {
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
index 4c8d4389e..a057e50e6 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/RecorderTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileTest;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
@@ -39,11 +40,7 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/recorder.xml");
-        executeTarget("prepare");
-    }
-
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
+        executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     public void testNoAppend() throws IOException {
@@ -51,8 +48,8 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest1.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest1.log"), true));
+                                  new File(getOutputDir(),
+                                                      "rectest1.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testAppend() throws IOException {
@@ -60,8 +57,8 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest2.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest2.log"), true));
+                           new File(getOutputDir(),
+                                                      "rectest2.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testRestart() throws IOException {
@@ -69,8 +66,7 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest3.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest3.log"), true));
+                           new File(getOutputDir(), "rectest3.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testDeleteRestart() throws IOException {
@@ -78,8 +74,8 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest4.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest4.log"), true));
+                           new File(getOutputDir(),
+                                                      "rectest4.log"), true));
     }
 
     public void testSubBuild() throws IOException {
@@ -87,13 +83,11 @@ public class RecorderTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest5.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest5.log"), true));
+                           new File(getOutputDir(), "rectest5.log"), true));
         assertTrue(FILE_UTILS
                    .contentEquals(project.resolveFile(REC_IN
                                                       + "rectest6.result"),
-                                  project.resolveFile(REC_DIR
-                                                      + "rectest6.log"), true));
+                           new File(getOutputDir(), "rectest6.log"), true));
                                                       
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
index 9eedf44d5..ccefcd19b 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class ReplaceTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml");
+        project.executeTarget("setUp");
     }
 
     public void test1() {
@@ -70,32 +71,26 @@ public class ReplaceTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void test9() throws IOException {
         executeTarget("test9");
-        String tmpdir = project.getProperty("tmp.dir");
-        assertEqualContent(new File(tmpdir, "result.txt"),
-                    new File(tmpdir, "output.txt"));
+        assertEqualContent(new File(getOutputDir(), "result.txt"),
+                    new File(getOutputDir(), "output.txt"));
     }
 
     public void testNoPreserveLastModified() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("lastModifiedSetup");
-        String tmpdir = project.getProperty("tmp.dir");
-        long ts1 = new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified();
+        long ts1 = new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified();
         Thread.sleep(3000);
         executeTarget("testNoPreserve");
-        assertTrue(ts1 < new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified());
+        assertTrue(ts1 < new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified());
     }
 
     public void testPreserveLastModified() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("lastModifiedSetup");
-        String tmpdir = project.getProperty("tmp.dir");
-        long ts1 = new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified();
+        long ts1 = new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified();
         Thread.sleep(3000);
         executeTarget("testPreserve");
-        assertTrue(ts1 == new File(tmpdir, "test.txt").lastModified());
+        assertTrue(ts1 == new File(getOutputDir(), "test.txt").lastModified());
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
     public void assertEqualContent(File expect, File result)
         throws AssertionFailedError, IOException {
         if (!result.exists()) {
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJarTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJarTest.java
index 3d5c5f546..daf6a9440 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJarTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJarTest.java
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ public class SignJarTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/signjar.xml");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("clean");
-    }
-
     /**
      * check for being offline
      * @return true if the system property "offline" is "true"
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ public class SignJarTest extends BuildFileTest {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @see https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50081
+     * @see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50081">bug 50081</a>
      */
     public void testSignUnnormalizedJar() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("jar");
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SyncTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SyncTest.java
index 62302d33b..331528086 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SyncTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SyncTest.java
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ public class SyncTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/sync.xml");
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void testSimpleCopy() {
         executeTarget("simplecopy");
         String d = getProject().getProperty("dest") + "/a/b/c/d";
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
index fea98659a..d3554ca90 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
@@ -38,16 +38,12 @@ public class WarTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject(TEST_BUILD_FILE);
     }
 
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("clean");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Test direct dependency removal
      */
     public void testLibRefs() {
         executeTarget("testlibrefs");
-        File f = getProject().resolveFile("working/WEB-INF/lib/war.xml");
+        File f = new File(getOutputDir(), "WEB-INF/lib/war.xml");
         assertTrue("File has been put into lib", f.exists());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/JspcTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/JspcTest.java
index 7e810b1dc..4954af7ef 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/JspcTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/JspcTest.java
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.jsp.compilers.JspCompilerAdapterFa
  * @since Ant 1.5
  */
 public class JspcTest extends BuildFileTest {
-    /**
-     * Description of the Field
-     */
-    private File baseDir;
-    /**
-     * Description of the Field
-     */
-    private File outDir;
 
     /**
      * Description of the Field
@@ -63,16 +55,6 @@ public class JspcTest extends BuildFileTest {
      */
     public void setUp() {
         configureProject(TASKDEFS_DIR + "jspc.xml");
-        baseDir = new File(System.getProperty("root"), TASKDEFS_DIR);
-        outDir = new File(baseDir, "jsp/java");
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * The teardown method for JUnit
-     */
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
     }
 
 
@@ -180,7 +162,7 @@ public class JspcTest extends BuildFileTest {
      * @return The OutputFile value
      */
     protected File getOutputFile(String subpath) {
-        return new File(outDir, subpath);
+        return new File(getOutputDir(), subpath);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/PropertyFileTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/PropertyFileTest.java
index 9996389f8..3e6c4b9b0 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/PropertyFileTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/PropertyFileTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
      *  The JUnit setup method
      */
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        destroyTempFiles();
+        configureProject(projectFilePath);
+        executeTarget("setUp");
         initTestPropFile();
         initBuildPropFile();
         configureProject(projectFilePath);
@@ -51,13 +52,6 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
     }
 
 
-    /**
-     *  The JUnit tearDown method
-     */
-    public void tearDown() {
-        destroyTempFiles();
-    }
-
     public void testNonExistingFile() {
         PropertyFile props = new PropertyFile();
         props.setProject( getProject() );
@@ -129,33 +123,10 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
         executeTarget("bugDemo2");
         assertEquals("5", project.getProperty("foo"));
     }
-/*
-    public void testDirect() throws Exception {
-        PropertyFile pf = new PropertyFile();
-        pf.setProject(project);
-        pf.setFile(new File(System.getProperty("root"), testPropsFilePath));
-        PropertyFile.Entry entry = pf.createEntry();
-
-        entry.setKey("date");
-        entry.setValue("123");
-        PropertyFile.Entry.Type type = new PropertyFile.Entry.Type();
-        type.setValue("date");
-        entry.setType(type);
-
-        entry.setPattern("yyyy/MM/dd");
-
-        PropertyFile.Entry.Operation operation = new PropertyFile.Entry.Operation();
-        operation.setValue("+");
-        pf.execute();
-
-        Properties props = getTestProperties();
-        assertEquals("yeehaw", props.getProperty("date"));
-    }
-*/
 
     private Properties getTestProperties() throws Exception {
         Properties testProps = new Properties();
-        FileInputStream propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("root"), testPropsFilePath));
+        FileInputStream propsFile = new FileInputStream(new File(getOutputDir(), testPropsFilePath));
         testProps.load(propsFile);
         propsFile.close();
         return testProps;
@@ -169,7 +140,7 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
         testProps.put(EMAIL_KEY, EMAIL);
         testProps.put("existing.prop", "37");
 
-        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(System.getProperty("root"), testPropsFilePath));
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(getOutputDir(), testPropsFilePath));
         testProps.store(fos, "defaults");
         fos.close();
     }
@@ -185,26 +156,12 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
         buildProps.put(AGE_KEY, NEW_AGE);
         buildProps.put(DATE_KEY, NEW_DATE);
 
-        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(System.getProperty("root"), buildPropsFilePath));
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(getOutputDir(), buildPropsFilePath));
         buildProps.store(fos, null);
         fos.close();
     }
 
 
-    private void destroyTempFiles() {
-        File tempFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), testPropsFilePath);
-        tempFile.delete();
-        tempFile = null;
-
-        tempFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), buildPropsFilePath);
-        tempFile.delete();
-        tempFile = null;
-
-        tempFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropsFilePath);
-        tempFile.delete();
-        tempFile = null;
-    }
-
 
 
     private static final String
@@ -212,13 +169,13 @@ public class PropertyFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
         testPropertyFile    = "propertyfile.test.properties",
         testPropertyFileKey = "test.propertyfile",
-        testPropsFilePath   = "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/" + testPropertyFile,
+        testPropsFilePath   = testPropertyFile,
 
         valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropertyFile    = "overwrite.test.properties",
         valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropertyFileKey = "overwrite.test.propertyfile",
-        valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropsFilePath   = "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/" + valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropertyFile,
+        valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropsFilePath   = valueDoesNotGetOverwrittenPropertyFile,
 
-        buildPropsFilePath  = "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/propertyfile.build.properties",
+        buildPropsFilePath  = "propertyfile.build.properties",
 
         FNAME     = "Bruce",
         NEW_FNAME = "Clark",
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitReportTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitReportTest.java
index fe9a25b15..e99f246ea 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitReportTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitReportTest.java
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport.xml");
     }
 
-    protected void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("clean");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Verifies that no empty junit-noframes.html is generated when frames
      * output is selected via the default.
@@ -51,15 +47,14 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
      */
     public void testNoFileJUnitNoFrames() {
         executeTarget("reports1");
-        if (new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/junit-noframes.html").exists())
+        if (new File(getOutputDir(), "html/junit-noframes.html").exists())
         {
             fail("No file junit-noframes.html expected");
         }
     }
 
     public void assertIndexCreated() {
-        if (!new File(System.getProperty("root"),
-                "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html").exists()) {
+        if (!new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html").exists()) {
             fail("No file index file found");
         }
 
@@ -98,8 +93,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
         expectReportWithText("testStackTraceLineBreaks", null);
         FileReader r = null;
         try {
-            r = new FileReader(new File(System.getProperty("root"),
-                                        "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/sampleproject/coins/0_CoinTest.html"));
+            r = new FileReader(new File(getOutputDir(), "html/sampleproject/coins/0_CoinTest.html"));
             String report = FileUtils.readFully(r);
             assertTrue("output must contain <br>:\n" + report,
                        report.indexOf("junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: DOEG<br>")
@@ -116,7 +110,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
     // Bugzilla Report 38477
     public void testSpecialSignsInSrcPath() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testSpecialSignsInSrcPath");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -129,7 +123,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testSpecialSignsInHtmlPath() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testSpecialSignsInHtmlPath");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html# $%\u00A7&-!report/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html# $%\u00A7&-!report/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
     //Bugzilla Report 39708
     public void testWithStyleFromDir() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testWithStyleFromDir");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
     //Bugzilla Report 40021
     public void testNoFrames() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testNoFrames");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/junit-noframes.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/junit-noframes.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No junit-noframes.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
     //Bugzilla Report 39708
     public void testWithStyleFromDirAndXslImport() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testWithStyleFromDirAndXslImport");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -183,7 +177,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testWithStyleFromClasspath() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testWithStyleFromClasspath");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@ public class JUnitReportTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testWithParams() throws Exception {
         expectLogContaining("testWithParams", "key1=value1,key2=value2");
-        File reportFile = new File(System.getProperty("root"), "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junitreport/test/html/index.html");
+        File reportFile = new File(getOutputDir(), "html/index.html");
         // tests one the file object
         assertTrue("No index.html present. Not generated?", reportFile.exists() );
         assertTrue("Cant read the report file.", reportFile.canRead() );
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTaskTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTaskTest.java
index 730ecf0c9..30f624a19 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTaskTest.java
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The teardown method for JUnit.
-     */
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void testCrash() {
        expectPropertySet("crash", "crashed");
     }
@@ -121,8 +114,8 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
         }
 
         try {
-            File testDir = new File(getProjectDir(), "out");
-            File collectorFile = new File(getProjectDir(),
+            File testDir = new File(getOutputDir(), "out");
+            File collectorFile = new File(getOutputDir(),
                                           "out/FailedTests.java");
         
             // ensure that there is a clean test environment
@@ -249,7 +242,7 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     private void assertResultFileExists(String classNameFragment, String ext) {
         assertTrue("result for " + classNameFragment + "Test" + ext + " exists",
-                   getProject().resolveFile("out/TEST-org.apache.tools.ant."
+                   new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.apache.tools.ant."
                                             + "taskdefs.optional.junit."
                                             + classNameFragment + "Test" + ext)
                    .exists());
@@ -261,8 +254,8 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
     }
 
     private void assertOutput() throws IOException {
-        FileReader inner = new FileReader(getProject()
-                                          .resolveFile("testlog.txt"));
+        FileReader inner = new FileReader(new File(getOutputDir(),
+                                          "testlog.txt"));
         BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(inner);
         try {
             String line = reader.readLine();
@@ -309,7 +302,7 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
         DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
-        Document doc = dBuilder.parse(getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit4Skippable.xml").getInputStream());
+        Document doc = dBuilder.parse(new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit4Skippable.xml"));
 
         assertEquals("Incorrect number of nodes created", 8, doc.getElementsByTagName("testcase").getLength());
 
@@ -335,26 +328,26 @@ public class JUnitTaskTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     public void testNonTestsSkipped() throws Exception {
         executeTarget("testNonTests");
-        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml").isExists());
+        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertFalse("Test result should not exist as test was skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml").exists());
 
         executeTarget("testNonTestsRun");
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml").isExists());
-        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml", getProject().getResource("out/TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml").isExists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.NonTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.TestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3TestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractTestNotMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.AbstractJUnit3TestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.JUnit3NonTestMissed.xml").exists());
+        assertTrue("Test result should exist as test was not skipped - TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml", new File(getOutputDir(), "TEST-org.example.junit.TestWithSuiteNotMissed.xml").exists());
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestListenerTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestListenerTest.java
index 31328763e..faeb7368a 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestListenerTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTestListenerTest.java
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ public class JUnitTestListenerTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/junit.xml");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The teardown method for JUnit.
-     */
-    public void tearDown() {
-        executeTarget("cleanup");
-    }
-
     public void testFullLogOutput() {
         getProject().setProperty("enableEvents", "true");
         executeTarget(PASS_TEST_TARGET);