You have not passed in the classpath to the taskdef.
You need to do something like:
<taskdef classname="net.sf.antcontrib.logic.For" name="for">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="lib/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/>
</classpath>
</taskdef>
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Ajitesh <ajites...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi
> I am trying to use the FOR loop present in antcontrib jar file - ant-contrib-
> 1.0b3.jar in my build.xml;
> but getting below error while running the
>
> D:\buildFRIDAY>ant
>
> Buildfile: D:\buildFRIDAY\build.xml
>
>
>
>
> BUILD FAILED
>
> D:\buildFRIDAY\build.xml:5: taskdef class net.sf.antcontrib.logic.For cannot
> be
>
> found using the classloader AntClassLoader
>
>
>
> MY Build.xml file is as below:-
>
> <project name="ObieeBuild" default="init" basedir=".">
> <description>
> obiee copy files build file
> </description>
> <taskdef classname="net.sf.antcontrib.logic.For" name="for"/>
> <classpath>
> <pathelement path="${classpath}"/>
> <pathelement location="lib/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"/>
> </classpath>
>
> <!-- set global properties for this build -->
> <property name="test" location="test"/>
>
> <target name="init" description="copying obiee files" >
> <echo message="The first five letters of the alphabet are:"/>
> <for list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter">
> <sequential>
> <echo>Letter @{letter}</echo>
> </sequential>
> </for>
> </target>
> </project>
>
> thanks
> Ajitesh
>
>
>
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