Ant cannot compile java files

[javac] BUILD FAILED: [build file location here]
Unable to find a javac compiler;
com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK

You get this err in Eclipse when trying to compile it with ANT

Its really cool to resolve this issue =)

Go to Window --> Preferences -->Ant-->Runtime-->Global Entries --> Add External Jars

Add the following Jar from your java home,

In my case its C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_11\lib\tools.jar

yeppee..!!! and it all worked magically when I hit build again.. cool I love ant..!!!!

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--Sonu