Add the following to build.xml to control starting/stopping/and reseting the application through ant

    <!-- ==========================================================
       
             start
             start the web application on the server
       
         ========================================================== -->
    <target name="start" description="start the webapp" depends="init">
       
        <echo level="info">
    ***********************************************************************
    *
    * Attempting to start ${server.url}${webapp.path}
    *
    ***********************************************************************
        </echo>

        <start url="${server.manager.url}"
                username="${server.manager.username}"
                password="${server.manager.password}"
                path="${webapp.path}" />
    </target>
   
    <!-- ==========================================================
       
             stop
             stop the web application on the server
       
         ========================================================== -->
    <target name="stop" description="stop the webapp" depends="init">
       
        <echo level="info">
    ***********************************************************************
    *
    * Attempting to stop ${server.url}${webapp.path}
    *
    ***********************************************************************
        </echo>

        <stop url="${server.manager.url}"
                username="${server.manager.username}"
                password="${server.manager.password}"
                path="${webapp.path}" />
    </target>

    <!-- ==========================================================
       
             reset
             stop then start the server
       
         ========================================================== -->
    <target name="reset" description="stop then start the webapp">
        <antcall target="stop"/>
        <antcall target="start"/>
    </target>

With an application already running

> ant stop
     [stop] OK - Stopped application at context path /JavaPersistence

Verify through the tomcat manager that the application has been stopped. Then run the task again

> ant stop
     [stop] OK - Stopped application at context path /JavaPersistence

No need for error catching here. Now start the application with

> ant start
    [start] OK - Started application at context path /JavaPersistence

And for completeness

> ant start
    [start] OK - Started application at context path /JavaPersistence

So now this works as expected. Finally, trying 'resetting' the application

> ant reset

If everything is working out nicely, add install to the 'all' task.

    <target name="all" [...]>
        [...]
        <antcall target="zip"/>
        <antcall target="install"/>
    </target>

Now test with

> ant all

If everything works

> ant svn inc.build.minor

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