QuickTime for Java: A Developer's Notebook

About the Examples

When unzipped, the examples will create a directory whose contents look like this:

build.xml             my.ant.properties.win 
classes/              src/
jars/

build.xml is the build file for Ant, the de facto standard for building Java projects. You don’t have to use Ant, but considering the classpath challenges in dealing with Java builds, particularly with QTJ (see Chapter 1), you’ll probably find it well worth your while. If you don’t already have it, you can get Ant from http://ant.apache.org/, and you can learn more in Ant: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly).

Tip

The classes and jars directories are created by Ant, and will not be present when you first unzip the archive.

Using the command line, type ant in this directory to run the default target. In this case, it’s the help message:

cadamson% ant
Buildfile: build.xml
 
help:
   [echo] Available targets:
   [echo] ch0n -- compile source for chapter n (eg "ch01", "ch02", etc.)
   [echo] all -- compile source for all chapters
   [echo] ch0n.jar -- make a .jar file for chapter n
   [echo] qtj-notebook.jar -- compile source for all chapters and make jar
   [echo] all.jar -- synonym for qtj-notebook.jar
   [echo] run-example -- compile and run "example"
   [echo] help-names -- echo all example names for use with run-example
   [echo] clean -- remove .class files
   [echo] help -- this help message (default)
   [echo]     
 
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds

You can look in the build.xml file for more information. One important note is that compiling requires the path to the