Hello all,
I am using ANT 1.6.2 on WinXP and Lunix enviroments...
I have some issues with the <sql> task (defined by the class
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.SQLExec) in ant.jar (i.e. does not handle PL/SQL,
no interactive error handling, etc...) and have made suggestions to the ant-dev
group as to how to resolve them.
But while waiting for the ant-dev to resolve and agree on a solution, I wanted
to modify my local ant environment to have contain my desired behavior. Our
first solution was to get the ANT source and modify the default defintion of
the <sql> task. After rebuilding the ant.jar everything worked but I felt
uncomfortable that I had rebuilt and changed the ANT distribution source and so
I unable to move up the next release (without having to re-do my code changes).
Then I came up with the idea that maybe if I could put my modified <sql> task
in a seperate jar and have that jar file (i.e. myTasks.jar), which has my <sql>
task (same package and class name) implementation, be loaded before the core
<sql> task then my <sql> would be used in place of the core ANT one. And if
and when the ant-dev group gets around to implementing some of my suggestions
in the core <sql> task, all I need to do is remove my class from my jar file
and I will auto-magically pick up the core <sql> task class.
Which comes to my core question, is this possible... and if so how/where do I
list my jar infront of ant.jars on both the WinXP enviroment (ant.bat, ant.cmd,
antRun.bat) and the Lunix/UNIX enviroments (ant and antrun)?
I am also open to other ways to solve the problem of getting a custom
implementation while still using the standard task name in my build.xml files?
I did not want to create my own task name (i.e. <MYsql>) and use the <taskdef>
to point to my custom implementation (with different package or class name)
because then I would make a lot of changes if/when I moved back to the updated
core task (i.e. <sql>).
I know that is way to wordy, but thanks for your input in advance,
Ninju Bohra
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