that's a clever formula. is there an 'ant cookbook' somewhere on the web to collect stuff like this? sorry to be slightly off-topic, but seems like it would be a valuable community resource.
jason On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > On 2010-04-15, Jeffrey E Care <ca...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Before I write my own, if there a way to check that the elements of a > path > > actually exist (or optionally that at least one exists)? > > I assume you mean the <pathelement>'s of a <path>. <resourcecount>, > <restrict> and <exists> are the ingredients that should help. > > If you wrap your <path> in a <restrict> using <exists> as selector you > get only the existing elements. <resourcecount> will count them and if > it is greater than 0 you obviously have at least one - likewise if you > count the path itself and compare the numbers you'll know whether all > elements exist. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > >
