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Currently, most Ant-based project types in NetBeans can be run from the command line by just running 'ant' without any parameters. This includes the JavaSE and all JavaEE project types. Additionally, if the project was created with the "shareable libraries" setting, it is fully self-contained, and its source tree contains everything required to build it. Having the same abilities for the Composite Application projects would make the usage of this project type more user friendly and intuitive. See also issue 162215 for background.