ANT: Getting resource files moved to classes folder for JAR

[Gregg Bolinger]

Alright, this is probably something simple, but I can't figure out what the heck to do. I have a project where I have some image files and some .obj files I need access to from within my JAR file. So I just packaged them up in my src folder like so.

src-
   data-
       images-
             image1.jpg
             image2.jpg
       models-
              model1.obj
              model2.obj
   com-
      gthought-
              test-
                   file.java
                   file2.java

Hopefully, you get the idea. So when I run my ANT compile task, the image folder and files are moved to the classes folder. However, the models folder and files are ignored. I tried doing a copy task before the JAR task but I can't seem to get the correct syntax to copy the complete directory structure for the models folder. Can someone help me out on this? Is there another way to do this?

FYI - interestingly enough, in IDEA, building the project with it's builder (not ANT) also moved the images but not the models to the classes folder from the src folder.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Whadoyagot?

[Lasse Koskela]

Try this:

<copy todir="classes">
    <fileset dir="data">
        <include name="images/*.jpg"/>
        <include name="models/*.obj"/>
    </fileset>
</copy>

[Gregg Bolinger]

Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
Try this:

<copy todir="classes">
    <fileset dir="data">
        <include name="images/*.jpg"/>
        <include name="models/*.obj"/>
    </fileset>
</copy>

Lasse, that almost works and that's almost what I had. Problem is it excludes creating the data folder which I need.

[Gregg Bolinger]

Ok, nevermind. I got it to work. Now I have:

<copy todir="${classes.dir}\com\data">
    <fileset dir="${src.dir}\com\data">
        <include name="images/*.jpg"/>
        <include name="models/*.obj"/>
    </fileset>
</copy>

And all is well in my strange little world. Thanks!

[Andrew Monkhouse]

Hi Gregg,

Try this:

<project name="gregg" default="build" basedir=".">
<!-- set global properties for this build -->
<property name="src"   value="src"/>
<property name="dist"  value="dist"/>
 
<target name="build" depends="clean">
<copy todir="${dist}">
<fileset dir="${src}">
<include name="data/**" />
</fileset>
</copy>
</target>
 
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${dist}"/>
</target>
</project>

Regards, Andrew

[Michael Yuan]

This is what I do:

<copy todir="${dist}">
  <fileset dir="${src}" excludes="**/*.java"/>
</copy>

[Daniel Mayer]

In some languages, obj-files are intermediary files that are created during compilation but not necessary for program execution, if I remember correctly. That might explain why some tools ignore them by default. Mhh, on the other hand they don't seem to be in the default excludes: http://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html