Hi,
I am using ant-1.6.2 & junit-3.8.1 and unable to create the junit task. I have looked into the archive and put both junit <project name="sampling" default="test"> <property file="build.properties"/> <property name="src.dir" location="src"/> <property name="src.java.dir" location="${src.dir}/java"/> <property name="src.test.dir" location="${src.dir}/test"/> <property name="target.dir" location="target"/> <property name="target.classes.java.dir" location="${target.dir}/classes/java"/> <property name="target.classes.test.dir" location="${target.dir}/classes/test"/> <property name="target.report.dir" location="${target.dir}/report"/> <property name="junit.jar" location="../repository/junit/jars/junit-3.8.1.jar"/> <property name="junit.dir" location="../repository/junit/jars/"/> <property name="ant.lib.dir" location="C:\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib/"/> <target name="compile.java"> <mkdir dir="${target.classes.java.dir}"/> <javac destdir="${target.classes.java.dir}"> <src path="${src.java.dir}"/> </javac> </target> <target name="compile.test" depends="compile.java"> <mkdir dir="${target.classes.test.dir}"/> <javac destdir="${target.classes.test.dir}"> <src path="${src.test.dir}"/> <classpath> <pathelement location="${target.classes.java.dir}"/> <pathelement location="${junit.jar}"/> </classpath> </javac> </target> <target name="compile" depends="compile.java,compile.test"/> <target name="test" depends="compile"> <mkdir dir="${target.report.dir}"/> <property name="tests" value="TestDefaultController"/> <path id="junit.cp"> <fileset dir="${junit.dir}"> <include name="junit-3.8.1.jar"/> </fileset> <fileset dir="${ant.lib.dir}"> <include name="ant-junit.jar"/> </fileset> </path> <taskdef name="junit" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask" classpathref="junit.cp"/> <junit printsummary="yes" haltonerror="yes" haltonfailure="yes" fork="yes"> <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/> <formatter type="xml"/> <batchtest todir="${target.report.dir}"> <fileset dir="${src.test.dir}"> <include name="**/${tests}.java"/> <exclude name="**/Test*All.java"/> </fileset> </batchtest> <classpath> <pathelement location="${target.classes.java.dir}"/> <pathelement location="${target.classes.test.dir}"/> <pathelement path="${ant.home}/lib/clover.jar"/> <pathelement location="${junit.jar}"/> </classpath> </junit> </target> <target name="report" depends="test"> <mkdir dir="${target.report.dir}/html"/> <junitreport todir="${target.report.dir}"> <fileset dir="${target.report.dir}"> <include name="TEST-*.xml"/> </fileset> <report todir="${target.report.dir}/html"/> </junitreport> </target> <target name="clean"> <delete dir="${target.dir}"/> </target> <!-- <target name="clover.init"> <taskdef resource="clovertasks"/> <clover-setup initString="${target.dir}/clover_coverage.db"> <files> <exclude name="**/Test*.java"/> </files> </clover-setup> </target> <target name="clover" depends="clean,clover.init,test"> <clover-report> <current outfile="${target.dir}/clover" title="Clover Report"> <format type="html"/> </current> </clover-report> </target> --> </project> I get the following error while creating the junit task: fileset: Setup scanner in dir C:\junitbook\repository\junit\jars with patternSet{ includes: [jun .8.1.jar] excludes: [] } fileset: Setup scanner in dir C:\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib with patternSet{ includes: [ant-junit.jar] ludes: [] } Class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask loaded from parent loader (parentFi BUILD FAILED C:\junitbook\sampling\build.xml:59: taskdef A class needed by class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdef tional.junit.JUnitTask cannot be found: junit/framework/TestListener at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.addDefinition(Definer.java:487) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.execute(Definer.java:183) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1214) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1062) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:673) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:188) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:196) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:55) --- Nested Exception --- java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: junit/framework/TestListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:703) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:133) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:319) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$400(URLClassLoader.java:92) at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:677) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:238) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:516) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:448) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:220) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.addDefinition(Definer.java:457) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Definer.execute(Definer.java:183) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1214) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1062) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:673) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:188) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:196) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:55) Thanks, Ajaya