how-is-ant-property-task-used?

In order to to set the Ant properties, the task is used. Once property value is set, it cannot be changed. It means they are immutable.In order to set a property to a specific value, the name and value pair is used.

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If you want to set a property to a location then name/location assignment is used.
To use the properties surround them with ${}.

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A build.xml as shown in following code box displays how effectively property tasks can be used within a build.xml:

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