Using GNU make to build Java software

I finally finished writing an article about Java make i started some time ago, multiple times. I was going through cleaning up a new release of dez (still pending) and decided to fill it out with the junit stuff and then write it up what I actually ended up with.

The following few lines is now the complete makefile for dez. This supports `jar' (normal build target), `sources' (ide source jar), `javadoc' (ide javadoc jar), dist (complete rebuildable source), and now even `test' or `check' (unit and integration tests via JUnit 4) targets. The stuff included from java.make is reusable and is under 200 lines once you exclude voluminous comments and documentation.

java_PROGRAMS = dez

dez_VERSION=-1
dez_JAVA_SOURCES_DIRS=src
dez_TEST_JAVA_SOURCES_DIRS=test

DIST_NAME=dez
DIST_VERSION=-1.3
DIST_EXTRA=COPYING.AGPL3 README Makefile

include java.make

The article is over on my home page at Using GNU Make for java under my software articles section.