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

I converted from Ant to Maven 2 and have not looked back since. Ant and Maven 2 different ways of building.With Ant you are giving instructions on how to build things. Whereas with Maven 2 you tell it what you want built. If you have an existing Ant build,xml you can take a first step in refactoring you build by wrapping that in an Maven 2 pom.xml.