ant file to build and deploy java Web Apps [tested on Apache Tomcat]

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<project default="build">
	
	<property file="default.properties" />
	
	<property name="src" location="src" />
	<property name="root" location="WebContent" />
	<property name="lib" location="lib" />
	<property name="build" location="webapp" />
	
	<path id="compile.classpath">
		<fileset dir="${lib}">
			<include name="*.jar" />
		</fileset>
	</path>
	
	<target name="clean">
		<delete dir="${root}/WEB-INF/lib" />
		<delete dir="${root}/WEB-INF/classes" />
		<delete dir="${build}" />
	</target>
	
	<target name="init" depends="clean">
		<mkdir dir="${root}/WEB-INF/lib" />
		<mkdir dir="${root}/WEB-INF/classes" />
		<mkdir dir="${build}" />
	</target>
	
	<target name="compile" depends="init">
		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${root}/WEB-INF/classes">
			<classpath refid="compile.classpath" />
		</javac>
	</target>
	
	<target name="build" depends="compile">
		<war destfile="${build}/${project.name}.war" webxml="${root}/WEB-INF/web.xml">
			<fileset dir="${root}" />
			<lib dir="${root}/WEB-INF/lib" />
			<classes dir="${root}/WEB-INF/classes" />
		</war>
	</target>
	
	<target name="deploy" depends="build">
		<copy file="${build}/${project.name}.war" tofile="${webserver.location}/webapps/${project.name}.war" overwrite="true" />
	</target>
	
</project>

default.properties

webserver.location=PATH_TO_SERVER
project.name=PROJECT_NAME