Value in the properties file overwrite the value in the
build.xml

This example illustrates how to create a build.properties file in the
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapp\antBuild\build.properties
and overwrite it's properties in the build.xml file. In this
example, <property name="build.path"> is used to map the
path of build.xml and build.properties file, <property
url="http://localhost:8080/antBuild/build.properties"> is used
to root url of properties file, <property
file="build.properties" prefix="imported"> is
used to define the property of the build.properties file and <property
environment="env"> is used to create an environment variable
that is 'env'. Now the target <target
name="built-in-properties"> is used to find base directory
name, ant file name, version of ant, project name and version of java. The
target <target name="build.path"> is used to print the
file name and path of file and finally <target
name="environment"> is used to print the processor
architecture name and operating system name and print the ant home directory
name.
Source code of build.xml:
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<project name="Properties" basedir="." default="environment">
<property name="build.path" value="${basedir}/build.xml:${basedir}/build.properties"/>
<property url="http://localhost:8080/antBuild/build.properties"/>
<property file="build.properties" prefix="imported"/>
<property environment="env"/>
<target name="built-in properties">
<echo message="The base directory is: ${basedir}"/>
<echo message="The ant file is: ${ant.file}"/>
<echo message="The Ant version is: ${ant.version}"/>
<echo message="The Project name is: ${ant.project.name}"/>
<echo message="The Java version is: ${ant.java.version}"/>
</target>
<target name="build.path" depends="built-in properties">
<echo message="The File name is: ${basedir}${file.separator}build.xml"/>
<echo message="Path structure: ${basedir}${file.separator}build.xml${path.separator}
${basedir}${file.separator}build.properties"/>
</target>
<target name="environment" depends="build.path">
<echo message="Built on: ${env.OS} ${env.PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE}"/>
<echo message="ANT_HOME
Directory name: ${env.ANT_HOME}"/>
</target>
</project>
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source code of
build.properties:
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property.example=Local File
property.file.example=build.properties
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