Date: 2004-10-14T07:55:42 Editor: TomiSchuetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wiki: Ant Wiki Page: AntTasks URL: http://wiki.apache.org/ant/AntTasks
no comment Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -6,5 +6,45 @@ == The Sync Task (present since 1.6) == Here is an example of some lore of this type: The Sync task will delete 'dangling files' and 'dangling directories' in the target directory. + +== The Property Task == + +[http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/property.html] + +=== The Prefix Attribute === + +The Problem: +I have to access some properties (from a file), which are already defined in my build file. To be able to access the properties I can use the {{{prefix}}} attribute of the property task. + +__framework.properties__ +{{{ +#Release information about the framework +#Thu Oct 14 16:25:12 CEST 2004 +build.number=115 +release.version=0.4 +release.name=framework +}}} + +__Ant Example Target__ +{{{ +<target name="read.properties"> + <!-- Read the properties from the release of the framework --> + <property file="framework.properties" prefix="framework"/> + <echo message="${framework.build.number}"/> + <echo message="${framework.release.version}"/> + <echo message="${framework.release.name}"/> +</target> +}}} + +__Output__ +{{{ +Buildfile: C:\build.xml +read.properties: + [echo] 115 + [echo] 0.4 + [echo] framework +BUILD SUCCESSFUL +Total time: 3 seconds +}}} ---- CategoryCategory --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
