What are some good java make utilities?

Question

I\'m looking for a make utility for building large java programs. I\'m aware of ANT already, but want to see what else is available.

Ideally, it should be able to handle

Answer 1

If you're starting a new project you may want to look into maven. It's kinda hard intially, but it handles a bunch of stuff for you including dependencies.

If you already have a project which you want to make a build file for, then I don't have any recommendations apart from the aforementioned ant.