Ant: earExport is not working with Jdk 1.4

[Ankur Sharma]

Hi,

I am new to Ant technology. I am working with Java 1.4, when I am trying to create a ear file for my project with the command earExport. It's giving below error:

BUILD FAILED
C:\Ngen_POS_Src_Code\RMS\build.xml:82: Problem: failed to create task or type ea
rExport
Cause: The name is undefined.
Action: Check the spelling.
Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.

Could anyone please analyze what may be the root causes of this error.

Ok I am also attaching the script for your convinence

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- WARNING: Eclipse auto-generated file.
              Any modifications will be overwritten.
              To include a user specific buildfile here, simply create one in the same
              directory with the processing instruction <?eclipse.ant.import?>
              as the first entry and export the buildfile again. -->
<project basedir="." default="EXPORT_EAR" name="RMS">
<property environment="env" />
<property name="ECLIPSE_HOME" value="../../Program Files/IBM/SDP70" />
<property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars" />
<property name="target" value="1.4" />
<property name="source" value="1.4" />
<property name="today" value="08-28-07"/> 
<path id="WebSphere Application Server v6.1 [WebSphere Application Server v6.1].libraryclasspath">
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/WMQ/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/WMQ/java/lib/com.ibm.mqjms.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/bootstrap.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/j2ee.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/mail-impl.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/lib/marshall.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.ejbportable_6.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.emf_2.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer_2.0.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.runtime.dist_6.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.runtime_6.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.sib.server_2.0.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.sip.container_6.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.wccm_6.1.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.webcontainer_2.0.0.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/com.ibm.ws.wsadie_6.1.0/marshall.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.common_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.commonj.sdo_2.1.0.v200609210005.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.ecore.change_2.2.0.v200609210005.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.ecore.sdo_2.2.0.v200609210005.jar" />
<pathelement location="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/runtimes/base_v61/plugins/org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.2.1.v200609210005.jar" />
</path>
<path id="Web App Libraries.libraryclasspath" />
<path id="EAR Libraries.libraryclasspath" />
<path id="RMS.classpath">
<pathelement location="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" />
<path refid="WebSphere Application Server v6.1 [WebSphere Application Server v6.1].libraryclasspath" />
<path refid="Web App Libraries.libraryclasspath" />
<path refid="EAR Libraries.libraryclasspath" />
</path>
<target name="init">
<mkdir dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" />
<copy includeemptydirs="false" todir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes">
<fileset dir="src" excludes="**/*.launch, **/*.java" />
</copy>
</target>
 
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" />
</target>
<target depends="clean" name="cleanall" />
<target depends="build-subprojects,build-project" name="build" />
<target name="build-subprojects" />
<target depends="init" name="build-project">
<echo message="${ant.project.name}: ${ant.file}" />
<javac debug="true" debuglevel="${debuglevel}" destdir="WebContent/WEB-INF/classes" source="${source}" target="${target}">
<src path="src" />
<classpath refid="RMS.classpath" />
</javac>
</target>
<target description="Build all projects which reference this project. Useful to propagate changes." name="build-refprojects" />
<target description="copy Eclipse compiler jars to ant lib directory" name="init-eclipse-compiler">
<copy todir="${ant.library.dir}">
<fileset dir="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/plugins" includes="org.eclipse.jdt.core_*.jar" />
</copy>
<unzip dest="${ant.library.dir}">
<patternset includes="jdtCompilerAdapter.jar" />
<fileset dir="${ECLIPSE_HOME}/plugins" includes="org.eclipse.jdt.core_*.jar" />
</unzip>
</target>
<target description="compile project with Eclipse compiler" name="build-eclipse-compiler">
<property name="build.compiler" value="org.eclipse.jdt.core.JDTCompilerAdapter" />
<antcall target="build" />
</target>
 
<target name="EXPORT_EAR" description="creating EAR file">
<earExport EARProjectName="RMSEAR" EARExportFile="C:/RMSEar_${today}.ear" />
</target>
</project>

To run this build I have a batch file which is listed below

set path=C:\j2sdk1.4.2_13\bin;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0-bin\apache-ant-1.7.0\bin;
ant -buildfile build.xml

Now I think I have given enough evidence to investigate this issue. Please help me out.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Ankur,
Who supplies earExport? Do they have any documentation of how to reference their tasks? For example, do you need to include a taskdef in the build file or add it to the classpath/ant home.

[Ankur Sharma]

Originally posted by Jeanne Boyarsky:
Ankur,
Who supplies earExport? Do they have any documentation of how to reference their tasks? For example, do you need to include a taskdef in the build file or add it to the classpath/ant home.

Hi Jeanne,

I really don't understand what does this means

Who supplies earExport?

Did you mean is this is ANT Api or JAVA Api ?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

I mean "what jar file did it come in".