Vincent Massol abbot Default goal. Does the same as abbot:test. abbot:test Runs Abbot tests (Costello XML scripts). abbot:test-webstart Runs Abbot tests (Costello XML scripts) against an already installed WebStart application. abbot:editor Start the Abbot Costello editor. abbot:editor-webstart Start the Abbot Costello editor, using the jars from an already installed WebStart application.