JacIDL

Invokes the JacORB idl compiler.

To use the jacidl task, the user should copy the idl.jar file from the jacorb distribution into the $ANT_HOME/lib directory.
The second step would be to add a taskdef line into the build.xml file: 

<taskdef name="jacidl" classname="org.jacorb.idl.JacIDL"/>
The task currently supports all options of the idl compiler except for the -i2jpackage and the -i options.
If you really need these options please contact Wei-ju.Wu@joyful-noise.de

Parameters

Attribute Description Required
srcdir location of the idl files. Yes
destdir location of the generated java files. Yes
includes comma-separated list of patterns of files that must be included;
all files are included when omitted. 		No
includesfile the name of a file that contains include patterns No
excludes comma-separated list of patterns of files that must be excluded;
files are excluded when omitted. 		No
excludesfile the name of a file that contains exclude patterns No
defaultexcludes indicates whether default excludes should be used (yes | no); default
excludes are used when omitted 		No
includepath the path the idl compiler will use to search for included files. No
packageprefix apply <prefix> to all names in the generated Java code and put code into package <prefix>. No
parseonly only perform syntax check without generating code; defaults to false. No
noskel disables generation of POA skeletons; defaults to false. No
nostub disables generation of client stubs; defaults to false. No
sloppyforward allow forward declarations without later definitions; defaults to false. No
sloppynames less strict checking of names for backward compatibility; defaults to false. No
generateir generate information required by the Interface Repository; defaults to false. No
globalimport generated Java code will include import statements for all globay types; defaults to false. No
all generate code for all IDL files, even included ones; defaults to false. No
nofinal generate class definitions that are not final; defaults to false. No
debuglevel set the debug level from 0 to 4; defaults to 0. No

Parameters specified as nested elements

Defines and undefines can be specified as nested <define> and <undefine> elements. The task also supports nested
<include>, <exclude> and <patternset> elements

Examples

<jacidl destdir="${generate}"
        srcdir="${idl}"
/>

compiles all *.idl files under the ${idl} directory and stores the .java files in the ${generate} directory. 

<jacidl destdir="${generate}" srcdir="${idl}">
  <define key="GIOP_1_1" value="1"<
</jacidl>

like above, but additionaly defines the symbol GIOP_1_1 and sets its (optional) value to 1. 

<jacidl destdir="${generate}"
        srcdir="${idl}"
        excludes="**/*foo.idl"
/>

like the first example, but exclude all files which end with foo.idl.