Ant classpath not working

[Roger Rustin]

 
  <target name="compile" >  
  <echo message="classpath is set to = ${env.CLASSPATH}"/>
  
      <classpath>
<pathelement path="${env.CLASSPATH}" />
                  <pathelement location="${dest.dir}/${war.name}/WEB-INF/classes" />
      </classpath>
  
  <wlcompile srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir ="${dest.dir}"   />
  
  </target>
 

the error I am getting is

  
BUILD FAILED
file:C:/webservice/1_MakeUpper/build.xml:44: Could not create task or type of type: classpath.
 
Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
 
This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
 - You have misspelt 'classpath'.
   Fix: check your spelling.
 - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
   and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
   Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
   Fix: declare the task.
 - The task is an Ant optional task and optional.jar is absent
   Fix: look for optional.jar in ANT_HOME/lib, download if needed
 - The task was not built into optional.jar as dependent
   libraries were not found at build time.
   Fix: look in the JAR to verify, then rebuild with the needed
   libraries, or download a release version from apache.org
 - The build file was written for a later version of Ant
   Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
 - The task is not an Ant core or optional task
   and needs to be declared using <taskdef>.

Thanks.
- Roger

[Fred Grott]

I do not see any apparent immediate errors however Imay stil be asleep..

What ANT versin are you using?

[Roger Rustin]

Ant version is 1.5.1

[Karthik Guru]

imho,

classpath element can be used within a java /javac task. But not independently as you have used here. Its usual to supply classpath while running java application / while compoiling one.
Yeah you can declare a path under the root build element(project) and later refer it from within any target.
am not sure , but it does make sense for wlcompile to accomodate a nested classpath element. But you need to check the docs though.