The closest thing is to use antlibs + namespaces. Autoloading is being debated on the developer list.
-- Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) WebSphere v7 Release Engineer WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis) "Andrew Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/26/2005 07:28:08 AM: > hi, > > does anyone know if its possible to write ant tasks in a jar file with > some configuration data such that you don't need to insert a <taskdef> > declaration into each script that needs to use them? > > i.e. once you've dropped your jar file into the ant distribution's lib > directory, then the new task is available under a predefined name? > > thanks, > Andrew > > This e-mail message is intended for the addressee(s) only and may > contain information that is the property of, and/or subject to a > confidentiality agreement between the intended recipient(s), their > organisation and/or the ARM Group of Companies. If you are not an > intended recipient of this e-mail message, you should not read, copy, > forward or otherwise distribute or further disclose the information in > it; misuse of the contents of this e-mail message may violate various > laws in your state, country or jurisdiction. If you have received this > e-mail message in error, please contact the originator of this e-mail > message via e-mail and delete all copies of this message from your > computer or network, thank you. >