Up to this point in the tutorial, we've discussed Ant as if it were the only type of external tool available for use in Eclipse. The fact is that Eclipse's external tools framework handles two broad classes of external tools:
In this section, we look at ways to set up and use non-Ant external tools.
Creating Ant buildfiles Editing Ant buildfiles Saving & Reusing Ant options Running Ant buildfiles Creating a project builder Ant buildfile Ant buildfiles as project builders Executing project builders Non-Ant project builders Stand-alone external tools
