Build tools: dependency checking, Ant and Javamake

Hello all!

Can anybody name the best dependency checkers for rebuilding Java files? Some time ago, it was said, Ant had only decent dependency checking. A "plugin" adapter class called Javamake

http://www.experimentalstuff.com/Technologies/JavaMake/index.html

seemed to do a *much* better job.

I looked at the page and there seem to be some incompatibilities with Java 5. Furthermore, the project seems to be discontinued right now. Only a version for Ant 1.5 is available, while Ant now is in Version 1.6.4.

How good is Eclipse's dependency checking?

Has Ant's depencency checking improved over the last versions?

Thanks for helping!

Karsten

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