How to include source code in ant ear

Question

I'm building an ear file using ANT build.xml and need to include .java files in my ear package created. Any pointers?

Below is the war section from my build.xml

    <target name="war" depends="compile">
        <war destfile="${dist}/${ant.project.name}.war" webxml="${warbasepath}/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml">
          <lib dir="${lib}" />
          <classes dir="${build}"/>
          <fileset dir="${warbasepath}/WebContent" excludes="**/*.class **/*.jar" /> 
        </war>
    </target>

@Vivek Why would you want to include the source code in your executable? Sourcecode can be bundled separately. — Chetan Kinger

Chrstian Beutenmueller Chrstian Beutenmueller · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-08T08:17:24

Take a look at the EAR task manual. It is just an extension of the JAR task, so you can include whatever you like.

You can include arbitrary filesets:

<ear destfile="${build.dir}/myapp.ear" appxml="${src.dir}/metadata/application.xml">
    <fileset dir="${build.dir}" includes="*.jar,*.war"/>
    <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.java"/>
</ear>

However an EAR should be just a container for wars and ejb jars, so you probably should add your source code rather in those.

How to include source code in ant ear

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