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By using the Ant tasks included in WebSphere Application Server, you can perform the
following tasks:
1. Install and uninstall applications.
2. Run EJB 1 (all versions), 2 (all versions), and 3 (all versions) deployment and JSP
precompilation tools.
3. Start and stop servers in a base configuration.
4. Run administrative scripts or commands.
By combining these tasks with the tasks provided by Ant, you can create build scripts that pull
the code from the source code management repository. The scripts can then compile,
package, and deploy the enterprise application on WebSphere Application Server. To run Ant
and have it automatically detect the WebSphere classes, use the ws_ant command. Ant tasks ...