Looks interesting. Cheers, Antoine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conor MacNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:07 PM Subject: override
> I'd like to take a slightly different angle on the <import> issue by getting > some thoughts on this little experimental task I wrote. I haven't cleaned it > up at all (lots of unused imports, inner classes etc). Anyway it lets you > override any target in the build. e.g. This build file > > <project name="override" default="test"> > > <taskdef name="override" > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Override"/> > <taskdef name="super" > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Override$Super"/> > > <override target="test"> > <echo message="pre"/> > <super/> > <echo message="post"/> > </override> > > <override target="test"> > <echo message="pre2"/> > <super/> > <echo message="post2"/> > </override> > > <target name="test"> > <echo message="test"/> > </target> > > </project> > > produces the following output > Buildfile: build.xml > > test: > [echo] pre2 > [echo] pre > [echo] test > [echo] post > [echo] post2 > > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > > :-) > > I think with a renaming <import> task this would let you override any part of > the build easily. > > BTW, note that simple renaming of targets is not enough. Any use of a target > name needs to be updated too (e.g. <antcall>). Can be done (at time of use) > but may require tasks knowing their import prefix. The import task will need > this to do cascade renaming. > > Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there. Override might even be useful in > an entity includes approach. > > Comments? > > Conor > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
