How to Build JSwat

Requirements

You will need the the latest version of the Jakarta Ant tool, maintained by the Apache group. This Java tool makes building a JSwat distribution very easy. Download and install Ant before continuing.

Making the Build

Building a JSwat binary or source package with Ant is very straight-forward. First, download and install Ant, which is really quite easy. Next, invoke Ant from the directory containing the JSwat build.xml file. This will run the default target which should make the source and binary packages. The distributions are packed in .tar.gz files. These are compressed tape archive files, common on Unix platforms. They are easily handled by popular Windows software like WinZip, and compress to a smaller size than Zip.

Testing the Build

Testing the build is pretty straightforward. Extract the files from the archive created during the build process described above, then start JSwat as described in the README.html file. The general idea is to make sure the JSwat jar file contains all the necessary classes and resource bundles. If any errors occur you may want to check that the build.xml includes all of the necessary files for JSwat to run properly.

Some ideas for what to test: