Thanks for your answer. You mean to say that the Batik task is an optional task? I did look in the Ant documentation, but it was not listed in the op. tasks list.
I tried the CLASSPATH approach, but it lead to another failure (a NullPointerException, which, for Java, is another way to say: "I don't know what caused the failure but I'm reporting it anyway"). I decided not to use the taskdef, but rather the rasterizer jar itself, in a <java> task. Worked beautifully. F. -----Message d'origine----- De : Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : 13 mars 2006 21:58 À : Ant Users List Objet : Re: taskdef, class not found > <taskdef name="rasterize" > classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.RasterizerTask" /> This is not necessary. It's implicitly done by Ant, for all core and optional task. > Now, when I run the task, ant keeps complaining that the > RasterizerTask cannot find one of the classes it relies upon (which I > have found in another jar file related to the Batik framework). > > I know I can add a classpath attribute to the taskdef to specify where > to look for the RasterizerTask class. But, if, I'm not wrong, this > classpath will not help ant finding the other classes this class > relies upon, hence the error message. You should have tried, because either that, or putting the Batik Jar(s) in ant/lib, or putting it/them on the CLASSPATH, or using the -lib command line argument would all work. How could Ant know about classes you haven't told the JVM were these are? Good luck, --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
