The way I see it, there's two solutions: 1. Take the source for FiltersFile, and change the exception section, which doesn't fit you. 2. Check if the file exists, prior to it (using the <IF> tags in the expansion pack, ant-contrib, I think) and then activate FiltersFile.
Asaf > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:40 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Token Filters Questions > > If the filter is done with a property file <filtersfile > file="filter.properties"/> and the property file doesn't exist, an > exception is thrown. Is there a way to do more graceful degradation? > > On 6/18/06, Asaf Mesika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure I understood your question: How can a filter not exist? Can > you > > give an example? > > > > On 6/15/06, Aaron Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > A couple questions on token filters: > > > > > > First, is there a simple way to directly apply a filtersfile to an > > > existing file, i.e. without moving/copying it? > > > > > > Second, is there an easy way to handle a filtersfile's not existing? > > > I'd like to run a file through multiple filters, not all of which will > > > actually exist, but the only way I can see to do that right now is to > > > either wrap multiple copy-filter statements in available tests or to > > > do the full truth table on all the filters and use it to generate the > > > correct filterset. There's got to be a better option. > > > -- > > > Aaron Davies > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Aaron Davies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
