Re: Ant Dependency Management

if you need frequently referenced jars loaded into a "known place" take a look at repository management:
Ivy:

http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/tutorial/build-repository.html


Building a repository | Apache Ivy<http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/tutorial/build-repository.html>
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Building a repository The install Ant task lets you copy a module or a set of modules from one repository to another. This is very useful to build and maintain an ...

Maven Repository Management:

https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html

Maven – Best Practice - Using a Repository Manager<https://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html>
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A repository manager is a dedicated server application designed to manage repositories of binary components. The usage of a repository manager is considered an ...

Sonatype's Nexus repository is probably the most widely used repository manager of all:
https://www.sonatype.com/download-oss-sonatype
Download Repository OSS - Sonatype Nexus<https://www.sonatype.com/download-oss-sonatype>
www.sonatype.com
The latest version of Nexus Repository OSS, providing cutting-edge support for the formats below.

/hth/

martin
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From: Matt Benson <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:34 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Ant Dependency Management

If you're referring to Java compilation, tools like Ant and Maven
generally perform incremental compilation unless explicitly forced to
do otherwise, such as by "cleaning" (deleting) existing classfiles
from a previous compilation.

HTH,
Matt

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 5:17 PM, R0b0t1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When referring to Makefiles, dependencies are rules that represent a
> subset of the overall build. With Ant, I they seem to represent
> external libraries, so I am having trouble researching my question.
>
> Is it possible to cache compilation results? I would like to avoid
> lengthy compile times after changing one file.
>
> Respectfully,
>      R0b0t1.
>
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