ant: ant (Java library and command-line tool) ant: ant: Ant's mission is to drive processes described in build files as ant: targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known ant: usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number ant: of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java ant: applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java ant: applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant ant: can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in ant: terms of targets and tasks. ant: