You can use external tasks in the way of Ant until 1.5 (which is and will
supported in the feature too):
* place the jar in ${user.home}/.ant/lib, so Ant adds it to its classpath
* declare the tasks:
- use <taskdef> for the mapping of taskname-classname
+ for each task
+ for a bundle of tasks using properties-file
Since Ant 1.6 we have "Antlibs". Same here:
* place the jar in ${user.home}/.ant/lib, so Ant adds it to its classpath
* declare the tasks
- use <taskdef> for the mapping of taskname-classname
+ for each task
<taskdef name="for" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.For"/>
+ for a bundle of tasks using properties-file
<taskdef file="net/sf/antcontrib/default.properties"/>
+ NEW: for a bundle of tasks using xml-file
<taskdef file="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/>
- NEW: use of xml namespaces and "antlib:" protocol for a bundle of tasks
using the xml file (antlib.xml)
<project .... xmlns:ac="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
<ac:for>
I'll put a note into the manual at "Using Ant :: (NEW) Use of external tasks"
Jan
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Rebhan, Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Oktober 2006 08:56
>An: Ant Users List
>Betreff: RE: Task help
>
>
>sorry, it's enough to reference the namespace if
>antcontrib.jar is in ANT_HOME/lib directory
>
>so you could either put antcontrib in its own namespace =
>
><project name="bla" default="vss" xmlns:ac="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
>
>and
><ac:for ...>
>...
></ac:for>
>
>or without ancontrib in own namepsace =
>
><project name="bla" default="vss">
>
><taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/>
>
>and
>
><for ...>
>...
><:for>
>
>
>Regards, Gilbert
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rebhan, Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:51 AM
>To: Ant Users List
>Subject: RE: Task help
>
>
>Hi,
>
>you forgot to reference the namespace =
>
><project name="bla" default="vss" xmlns:ac="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib">
>
>beside =
><taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/>
>
>to make =
>
><ac:for ...>
>...
></ac:for>
>
>work.
>
>also i would use antcontrib 1.0b2 instead of the old 0.6
>
>
>Regards, Gilbert
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bill/wilandra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:49 PM
>To: 'Ant Users List'
>Subject: RE: Task help
>
>Try this taskdef instead and see if it helps:
><taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/>
>
>HTH Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Muthyala, Sunil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:23 AM
>To: 'Ant Users List'
>Subject: RE: Task help
>
>Thanks to Jan and Steve Loughran.
>
>I tried Jan's suggestion, I get an error
>
>I downloaded the Ant-contrib-0.6.jar and dropped it in ant/lib
>directory and included the <taskdef> in build.xml.
>
>Here is the build.xml
>
>----
><project name="CF" default="vss">
><taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"/>
>
><target name="cf">
><loadfile property="list" file="C:\vss_home\cffiles.txt"/>
> <ac:for param="file" list="list" delimiter=";">
> <sequential>
> <echo> @{file} </echo>
> </sequential>
> </ac:for>
> </target>
>
><target name="vss" depends="cf">
><vssget localPath="C:\vss_home"
> ssdir="V:\Job_Tracking\ANT"
> serverPath="V:\Job_Tracking"
> login="***,***"
> vsspath="${list}"/>
><echo message="VSS-GET successful"/>
> </target>
></project>
>------
>This is the error I get
>
>C:\apache-ant-1.6.5\bin>ant -f C:\apache-ant-1.6.5\build_AC.xml
>Buildfile: C:\apache-ant-1.6.5\build_AC.xml
>
>BUILD FAILED
>C:\apache-ant-1.6.5\build_AC.xml:6: The prefix "ac" for
>element "ac:for"
>is
>not bound.
>
>Total time: 0 seconds
>
>
>What mistake I am doing?
>
>-thanks
>Sunil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:19 AM
>To: user@ant.apache.org
>Subject: AW: Task help
>
>>1. How to unzip a folder on a remote server (Windows NT),
>>I am unable
>>to nest it inside of FTP.
>>
>>I am zipping a folder on local machine and FTP'ing it to the server,
>>but I need to unzip it in tmp folder and move the unzipped folder to
>>the right path on the server. Does REXEC work for windows box?
>
>Try <sshexec> - its more secure ...
>
>
>
>>2. I want to read the txt or doc which has full path and
>>file names of
>>files to be pulled from VSS.
>>
>>I need to feed the contents of this txt file as input to the
>vsspath, I
>
>>tried using LOADFILE and saving it as property, but it reads
>only first
>
>>line and not the subsequent. Does ANT have a for loop kind of command
>>or any other to this kind of job.
>
>
><loadfile> should load the whole file into a property.
>Ant-Contrib has a <for> which you can feed with that value.
>
> <loadfile property="list" file="..."/>
> <ac:for param="file" list="list" delimiter=";">
> <sequential>
> <echo> @{file} </echo>
> </sequential>
> </ac:for>
>
>
>
>Jan
>
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