excluding eclipse's excludes in an ant script

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In eclipse users have the ability to exclude files from the build. Eclipse will then modify the .classpath and create the following entry so that eclipse knows not to build the particular files when compiling.

<classpathentry excluding="file1|file2|file3" kind="src" path="src"/>

I am creating ant scripts for several android projects. I am using the ADT auto generated script and overriding the -compile task. I was wondering if there was a way that i can get a list of the files that are being excluded?

I was thinking of having a task in ant that would parse the .classpath file and retrieve the file names and then use them that way... but i was hoping there was an easier way.

Thanks!

Parsing the .classpath might be an option, but it might be done already: http://joeygibson.com/2004/06/15/free-eclipse-classpath-ant-task/ — martin clayton, Jan 28 '12 at 10:17
I am really wanting a way to not have to add plugins to ant or anything else. This way the developers only have to have ant, the source and the build files. — prolink007, Feb 02 '12 at 14:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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An alternative option could be to build project from command line, using Eclipse's command line builder. you can incorporate it into an ant script too.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Feb 06 '12 at 16:29

Eugene Kuleshov

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Thank you, will look into that as a solution. – prolink007 Feb 06 '12 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '12 at 12:29

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What about using Export->General->ANT files? This creates a ant build script respecting the excluded classes.

answered Mar 19 '12 at 12:29

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This is using the android autogenerated build script. – prolink007 Mar 19 '12 at 13:12

excluding eclipse's excludes in an ant script

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