> I have a build xml with target say 'compile' > > However if the user says 'ant comp' or any other target which does not > exists, I want to handle them using a my custom code either a > macro or a ant > custom task or groovy. > > Is this possible, if yes, could you pl. let me know the right > place to get > more info on this.
While this scenario is directly supported it could be achieved using some hooks: - the execution of targets is delegated by the org.apache.tools.ant.Main class to an Executor http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools /ant/Main.java line 775: project.executeTargets(targets); http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools /ant/Project.java public void executeTargets(Vector names) throws BuildException { ... getExecutor().executeTargets( ... ); } getExecutor() returns an implementation of org.apache.tools.ant.Executor. The class to return is defined by the property "ant.executor.class". - you could implement your own executor which works like executeTargets(Vector names) { List missingTargets = checkTargetExistence(names); if (missingTargets.isEmpty()) { getExecutorDelegate().executeTargets(names); } else { handleTargetMissingError(missingTargets); } Jan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
