call-nodejs-from-ant.xml

<!-- i needed to run webpack from ant build, so this was the solution -->
<macrodef name="nodejs">
	<attribute name="module" description="The name of the NodeJS module to execute" />
	<attribute name="failonerror" default="true" description="Fail if the exit code is not 0" />
	<attribute name="dir" description="Directory to execute task" />
	
	<element name="args" implicit="yes" description="Argument to pass to the exec task" />
	
	<sequential>
		<exec executable="cmd.exe" dir="@{dir}" failonerror="@{failonerror}" osfamily="winnt">
			<arg line="/c  @{module}" />
			<args />
		</exec>
	
		<exec executable="@{module}" dir="@{dir}" failonerror="@{failonerror}" osfamily="unix" logError="true">
			<args />
		</exec>
	</sequential>
</macrodef>


<nodejs dir="${pathToPackageJson}" module="npm" failonerror="true" >
	<arg value="run" />
	<arg value="build" />
</nodejs>