base.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="net.enilink.docs" basedir=".">

	<dirname property="self" file="${ant.file.net.enilink.docs}" />

	<path id="my-classpath">
		<fileset dir="${self}/lib/">
			<include name="*.jar" />
		</fileset>
	</path>

	<target name="clean">
		<delete dir="output" />
	</target>

	<target name="compile" depends="clean">
		<mkdir dir="${self}/dist/classes" />
		<javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="${self}/src/main/java" destdir="${self}/dist/classes">
			<include name="net/enilink/docs/ant/*.java" />
			<classpath refid="my-classpath" />
		</javac>
	</target>

	<target name="jar" depends="compile">
		<mkdir dir="${self}/dist/jar" />
		<jar destfile="${self}/dist/jar/docs.jar" basedir="${self}/dist/classes" />
	</target>

	<target name="generate" depends="jar">
		<!-- I did not implement an ant task, because of the fact that classloader 
			problems occurred when running a respective proof-of-concept ant task -->
		<java classname="net.enilink.docs.ant.Generator">
			<classpath refid="my-classpath" />
			<classpath>
				<pathelement location="${self}/dist/jar/docs.jar" />
			</classpath>
			<arg value="${source}" />
			<arg value="${output}" />
			<arg value="${template}" />
		</java>
	</target>
</project>