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Listing 5.6. Simplifying the build script using the
with
method
ant.
with
{
echo 'about to copy the source code'
copy file:"$dir/
antbuilder.groovy
",
tofile:"$dir/
antbuildercopy.groovy
"
echo 'deleting the copied file'
delete file:"$dir/
antbuildercopy.groovy
"
}
The
with
method invokes the contained methods on the Ant builder.
AntBuilder
can be used to script entire build files. It's useful for creating a build
file quickly, especially if you already know the corresponding Ant tasks well. Because
AntBuilder
is part of the standard Groovy library it can be used wherever you need to
do build-related tasks. Even better, Gradle build files include an instance of
AntBuild-
er
, making the migration path from Ant to Gradle much simpler.
A more interesting example is given in the next listing, which is a port of the original Ant
build shown in
listing 5.1
.
