An other aproach is to specify a loader id when declaring the tasks in the parent project (and make sure your inherit this id in the subclass).
Gilles Scokart 2009/11/5 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> > On 2009-11-05, Raja Nagendra Kumar <nagendra.r...@tejasoft.com> wrote: > > > When we are using Ant.java/class api Is it possible to explicitly set the > > new class loader, even if the initial classes existed in system > classloader( > > i.e though classpath or in ant lib directory.) > > > > The issue we are seeing is when we load our custom tasks though taskdef, > new > > classloader is being used for every programmatic ant call there fore > static > > blocks are reinitialised for every sub ant project, however when when we > > put it in lib or in system classpath, distinct classloader is not > > used..hence we have issue with some static code :) not being > reinitialized. > > Don't use static blocks 8-) > > Alternatively, don't make your jars available in the system classloader > or use the (deprecated) reverseloader attribute of taskdef. > > > Once we understand classloder behaviors in ant based on project vs > > subproject and TaskDef classpath way and systemclasspath way, then we > could > > be more confident to fix the current issue. > > It doesn't have any real relation to subprojects at all. Ant normally > delegates loading of any classes up the classloader chain. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > >