Ant View

The Ant view provides a place to view Ant buildfiles and makes it easy to execute a buildfile or a given target within a buildfile. You can add files to the view and expand buildfiles to reveal the targets defined within them.

The pop-up menu for this view also allows you to open an editor on a buildfile, execute the selected target or buildfile, and configure the launch configuration used when executing.

Like other views in the Workbench, the Ant view has its own toolbar. Toolbar buttons are provided for adding buildfiles to the view and for executing them.

To add the Ant view to the current perspective, click Window > Show View > Other... > Ant > Ant.

Ant View Commands

Command	Name	Description	Availability
	Add Buildfiles	Allows you to add buildfile(s) to the view.	View action and context menu
	Add Buildfile with Search	Allows you to add buildfile(s) to the view using searching tools.	View action
	Hide Internal Targets	Allows you to hide / filter all internal targets from the view.	View action
	Run Selected Target	Allows you to run the selected target in the view.	View action
	Remove Selected Buildfile	Allows you to remove the selected buildfile from the view.	View action and context menu
	Remove All Buildfiles	Allows you to quickly remove all buildfiles from the view.	View action and context menu
	Open With >	Allows you to open an editor on the selected buildfile.	Context menu
	Refresh Buildfiles	Refreshes the contents of the view to reflect the current state of all the represented buildfiles.	Context menu
	Run As > Ant Build	Launches an Ant build for the selected buildfile or for a specific selected target of the buildfile in Run mode.	Context menu
	Run As > Ant Build...	Brings up the launch configuration dialog to edit the configuration associated with the selected buildfile in Run mode.	Context menu
	Debug As > Ant Build	Launches an Ant build for the selected buildfile or for a specific selected target of the buildfile in Debug mode.	Context menu
	Debug As > Ant Build...	Brings up the launch configuration dialog to edit the configuration associated with the selected buildfile in Debug mode.	Context menu

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