Using NetBeans/Ant with multiple, custom build.xml targets

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Hi there,

I have a single project (a Tomcat webapp) that has several distributions which includes different files for each client, with optional custom tasks, one for each customer I install to.

In the past, I used a MakeFile and was able to have a separate target for each client, i.e. 'make dist-client1', 'make dist-client2', etc. This was very useful because I was delievering the same product to different customers. I also just had a make target that I would use for development, whereby a WAR file wouldn't be made, as I didn't need one seeing as my Tomcat server just runs what's in the build/web subfolder of my project.

That having been said, how could I implement this behaviour with NetBeans/Ant? Translating the actual MakeFile to a build.xml is not an issue, but how could I point netbeans to the right target (i.e. 'dist-client1', 'dist-client2', etc.)? As I see it, NetBeans can only handle two targets: build and clean&build; I hope I don't have to specify a project for each client!

Many thanks for your insight!

[bakb]

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Need to know how to call specific build targets from NetBeans besides build and build&clean for a Java webapp.

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