title: Using Apache Ant APIs in Java program to programmatically build source files
body: <p>I am looking for good and practical resources that will help me use the Ant APIs effectively. The project website just gives the documentation of the API which is not useful at all. Very few websites seem to give very brief tutorials on the subject. </p>
  
  <p>Is there some resource I am missing out on? How can I use the Ant APIs for simple tasks, without spending hours browsing through them and looking at source code?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>(Answers to previously asked questions not helpful - <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4085002/how-can-i-use-apache-ant-programmatically">How can i use Apache ANT Programmatically</a> )</p>