--- jonathan doklovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone else thought being able to > specify wildcards > in the depends attribute of the target would be > helpful.
This would probably be fairly harmful if simply introduced into existing builds. However, it should be feasible for you to write your own Executor implementation (seehttp://ant.apache.org/manual/running.html#sysprops) to do whatever you like with dependencies. -Matt > Where I work, we use a lot of build fragments that > get imported, and we > would like the ability to allow the developer to > add/remove build > funtionality easilt without disrupting the basic > workflow. > > essentially something like: > > build.xml imports base-java.xml and > java-checkstyle.xml > > base-java.xml: > <target name="pre-compile" > depends="java-pre-plugin*,compile" /> > > java-checkstyle.xml > <target name="java-pre-plugin-checkstyle"> ... run > checkstyle ... </target> > > This way a developer can add/remove something like > checkstyle simply by > adding/removing the import. > This would also allow the developer to use a > different syntax checker > simply by the import. > > I think the most reasonable way to do this would be > to modify the > addDependency method in Target.java. Something like > this: > public void addDependency(final String dependency) { > if (dependencies == null) { > dependencies = new ArrayList(2); > } > > if (dependency.endsWith("*")) { > String key; > final String prefix = dependency.substring(0, > > (dependency.indexOf("*") - 1)); > final Enumeration<String> e = > getProject().getTargets().keys(); > while (e.hasMoreElements()) { > key = e.nextElement(); > if (key.startsWith(prefix)) { > dependencies.add(dependency); > } > } > } else { > dependencies.add(dependency); > } > } > > any thoughts? > > - Jonathan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
