ant command showing error while execution : resource axis-tasks.properties could not be found

Question

Problem in running ant showing error Could not load definitions from resource axis-tasks.properties. It could not be found :

Here is the snapshot of build.xml on which the problem occurs

 <target name="axis" depends="prepare">
      <taskdef resource="axis-tasks.properties"/> 

      <axis-wsdl2java url="${webconsole.base}/src/myservice.wsdl"
            output="${axis.output}">
        <mapping
            namespace="urn:myservice"
            package="com.company.service" />
        <mapping
            namespace="http://webserviceurl.com"
            package="com.company.service" />
      </axis-wsdl2java>
    </target>

When running ant shows following errors :

/build.xml:76: Problem: failed to create task or type axis-wsdl2java
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.

Environment properties :

export TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp
export RELEASE=$HOME/Release
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/current
export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH

Additional information

Actually, we have two build machines. First one has only root user and we have created /home/user folders manually e.g. /home/rajan etc. In this machine when we run ant as root from /home/rajan/R7_SP1_UTF8/vermaraj_R7_SP1/vobs/project/ip_src/AdminWebConsole ant works properly.

echo $PATH = /usr/java/current/bin:/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin:/usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

On the second machine, we have created individual user accounts and when we try and run ant either as root or rajan from /home/rajan/R7_SP1_UTF8/vermaraj_R7_SP1/vobs/project/ip_src/AdminWebConsole ant does not works properly.

echo $PATH : /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

Also, in both the build machines echo $CLASSPATH is empty

locate axis-ant.jar gives output as :

/home/Rajan/R7_SP1_UTF8/vermaraj_R7_SP1/vobs/project/ip_src/AdminWebConsole/lib/axis-ant.jar
/home/Rajan/R7_SP1_UTF8/vermaraj_R7_SP1/vobs/project/ip_src/AdminWebConsole/output/war/WEB-INF/lib/axis-ant.jar
/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/lib/axis-ant.jar

ivy is not an option as this is part of very big code base, it may create problems if we add additional libraries.

If you will not use a tool like ivy (to manage your run-time classpath dependencies) then you'll need some alternative mechanism that ensures your build has all the 3rd party jars it needs. Now if your code runs properly as one user that suggests that the other user is missing jars. Check the root home account. Most likely the missing jars are located under "$HOME/.ant/lib". In conclusion ivy sounds scary but it's very worth the effort. — Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-31T22:48:45

The ANT task does appear to have a complex set of dependencies. I would recommend adding the ivy extension to manage these.

Example

├── build.xml
├── src
│   └── myservice.wsdl
└── target
    └── output
        └── com
            └── examples
                └── www
                    └── wsdl
                        └── HelloService_wsdl
                            ├── Hello_BindingStub.java
                            ├── Hello_PortType.java
                            ├── Hello_Service.java
                            └── Hello_ServiceLocator.java

build.xml

<project name="demo" default="axis" xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">

    <!--
    ================
    Build properties
    ================
    -->
    <property name="build.dir"   location="target"/>
    <property name="axis.output" location="${build.dir}/output"/>

    <available classname="org.apache.ivy.Main" property="ivy.installed"/> 

    <!--
    ===========
    Targets
    ===========
    -->
    <target name="install-ivy" description="Install ivy" unless="ivy.installed">
        <mkdir dir="${user.home}/.ant/lib"/>
        <get dest="${user.home}/.ant/lib/ivy.jar" src="http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/ivy/ivy/2.3.0/ivy-2.3.0.jar"/>
        <fail message="Ivy has been installed. Run the build again"/>
    </target>

    <target name="resolve" depends="install-ivy" description="Use ivy to resolve classpaths">
        <ivy:cachepath pathid="build.path">
            <dependency org="org.apache.axis" name="axis-ant" rev="1.4" />
            <dependency org="org.apache.axis" name="axis" rev="1.4" />
            <dependency org="org.apache.axis" name="axis-jaxrpc" rev="1.4"/>
            <dependency org="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" rev="1.1.1" />
            <dependency org="commons-discovery" name="commons-discovery" rev="0.4" />
            <dependency org="wsdl4j" name="wsdl4j" rev="1.6.2" />
        </ivy:cachepath>
    </target>

    <target name="axis" depends="resolve" description="Run Axis task">
        <taskdef resource="axis-tasks.properties" classpathref="build.path"/> 

        <mkdir dir="${axis.output}"/>

        <axis-wsdl2java url="src/myservice.wsdl" output="${axis.output}">
            <mapping namespace="urn:myservice" package="com.company.service" />
            <mapping namespace="http://webserviceurl.com" package="com.company.service" />
        </axis-wsdl2java>
    </target>

    <target name="clean" description="Clean workspace">
        <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
    </target>

    <target name="clean-all" depends="clean" description="Purge ivy cache">
        <ivy:cleancache/>
    </target>

</project>

ant command showing error while execution : resource axis-tasks.properties could not be found

3 Answers

Example

build.xml