From ce573700c7bc99b9b9e40b06541779d5fbb32c45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Materne
Targets can depend on other targets and Ant ensures that these - other targets have been executed before the current target. For - example you might have a target for compiling, for example, and a + other targets have been executed before the current target. For + example you might have a target for compiling and a target for creating a distributable. You can only build a distributable when you have compiled first, so the distribute target depends on the compile target.
@@ -190,14 +190,19 @@ encoding of the XML file. The empty string "" is in this set, as is comma "," and space " ". Please avoid using these, as they will not be supported in future Ant - versions because of all the confusion they cause. IDE support of + versions because of all the confusion they cause on command line and IDE. IDE support of unusual target names, or any target name containing spaces, varies with the IDE.Targets beginning with a hyphen such
as "-restart"
are valid, and can be used to
name targets that should not be called directly from the command
- line.