Initial questions - build jdom

Windows 7, beginner to java.


The download page said "Binary releases come with source, but you're not
required to build the code yourself."

q1. But there is no "bin" folder. Doesn't that mean a build is needed?


The README says the build "will generate a file called "jdom.jar" in the
"./build" directory.

That file does not exist (from download), so I assume that a build is
required.

q2. If the source files are .java, why does a build generate jar files? The
jdk bin folder has .exe files.


I followed instructions to build. The results are shown in the Command
Prompt below.

q3. Can you determine what the problem may be?
build.bat

JDOM Build System

-----------------

Building with classpath c:\Program
files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\lib\tools.jar;.\lib\ant.jar;.\lib\xml-apis.jar;.\lib\xerces.jar;

Starting Ant...

Buildfile: build.xml

init:

     [echo] -------- JDOM 1.1.2-snap ---------

prepare:
prepare-src:

BUILD FAILED

file:C:file/Program%20Files/Java/jdom/build.xml:133: Directory c:\Program
Files\Java\jdom\build\src creation was not successful for unknown reason

Total time: 0 seconds

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