I would like to compile a specific list of Java files in a way that prevents javac from compiling any other Java file it might encounter. Does anyone know how to do this? I have tried several approaches so far without success. No matter what I do, javac says No sources found . I can easily do this using javac directly, just not using Ant. I know that this approach goes against the grain of typical Ant usage, but the documentation implies that it should be possible. Alas, although the Ant web site says that the -debug option will list the command line arguments passed to javac, that is not happening, so I do not know how to isolate the problem. In case it is not obvious, my question is not about t   More>>