I found the answer. Apparently, when you pass a reference to a child Ant build
file, you have to access it within a target. It won't work outside of a target.
My assumption was everything outside of a target was processed first (aka
globals) and then the targets.
Is this the way it was designed?
Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joe Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: user@ant.apache.org
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:21:19 AM
Subject: Passing References from Master Build File to Child
I'm having problems passing a path reference from a Master build file to a
child build file.
I've read through the user manual, a few books and Googled and am still having
problems.
So I figure I'm missing something simple. Perhaps in the child build file? I
think I've called the <ant> task properly to pass the reference of my
master.class.path reference to the child build file.
I'm running Ant 1.6.5, Java 1.4.2_10-b03 on a Windows XP box. Eclipse 3.2
(Running it outside of Eclipse gives me the same error.)
The failure message I receive from Ant is:
Buildfile: build.xml
goAnt:
BUILD FAILED
C:\Documents and Settings\524781\workspace\AntExamples\build.xml:14: The
following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Documents and Settings\524781\workspace\AntExamples\AntForm\build.xml:17:
Reference master.class.path not found.
Total time: 0 seconds
I'm running Ant in the Master build file's directory. The child build file is
in a subdirectory.
Below are the two simplified Ant build files
-- Master File --
<project name="master" basedir="." default="goAnt">
<description>
An Example of a Master ANT build file.
</description>
<property name="antform.dir" location="AntForm"/>
<property name="lib.dir" location="lib"/>
<path id="master.class.path">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="**/*.jar"/>
</fileset>
</path>
<target name="goAnt"
description="Example Master Ant File">
<ant dir="${antform.dir}" inheritall="false">
<reference refid="master.class.path"/>
</ant>
</target>
</project>
-- Child File (in AntForm subdirectory) --
<project name="AntForm" default="run" basedir="."
xmlns:sardak="net.sf.antforms">
<description>
Example of using the AntForm ANT extension.
</description>
<property name="lib.dir" location="lib"/>
<path id="lib.path">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="**/*.jar"/>
</fileset>
<path refid="master.class.path"/>
</path>
<taskdef resource="com/sardak/antform/taskdefs.properties"
classpathref="lib.path"
uri="net.sf.antforms"
description="Provides a GUI to gather user input for ANT tasks."
/>
<target name="run"
description="Example run of an AntForm">
<sardak:antmenu title="AntMenu Example">
<link label="Quit" target="end"/>
</sardak:antmenu>
</target>
<target name="end">
<echo message="Goodbye!"/>
</target>
</project>
Thanks,
Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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