getAnt

abstract fun getAnt(): AntBuilder

Returns the AntBuilder for this project. You can use this in your build file to execute ant tasks. See example below.

 task printChecksum { doLast { ant { //using ant checksum task to store the file checksum in the checksumOut ant property checksum(property: 'checksumOut', file: 'someFile.txt') //we can refer to the ant property created by checksum task: println "The checksum is: " + checksumOut } //we can refer to the ant property later as well: println "I just love to print checksums: " + ant.checksumOut } }

Consider following example of ant target:

 <target name='printChecksum'> <checksum property='checksumOut'> <fileset dir='.'> <include name='agile.txt'/> </fileset> </checksum> <echo>The checksum is: ${checksumOut}</echo> </target>

Here's how it would look like in gradle. Observe how the ant XML is represented in groovy by the ant builder

 task printChecksum { doLast { ant { checksum(property: 'checksumOut') { fileset(dir: '.') { include name: 'agile1.txt' } } } logger.lifecycle("The checksum is $ant.checksumOut") } }

Return
The AntBuilder for this project. Never returns null.