build.xml in Java project

Question

What is the file build.xml?

I was wondering if it is a possibility to import this project in Eclipse or Netbeans using this build.xml. I tr

Answer 1

As mentioned by @coobird this is an ant build file. Although IDEs such as Eclipse and Netbeans have ant support built-in, it is also possible to run ant from the command-line and this may be the simplest way to get started if the project has been well created.

See http://ant.apache.org/ for docs.

If you want to try this approach, install ant, cd to the directory with build.xml and issue

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