Hi,
-----Original Message-----
From: George Storm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:05 AM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: How do I do text manipulation on a property string?
/*
I have a property value (string) that I receive from a command line
argument
as lowercase text.
On some platforms I need it to be converted to Title case, on others I
need
it to be converted to UPPER case before passing it on to my build tools.
Is there a preferred method to perform case conversions in ant scripts?
*/
simply choose a scripting language running in bsf
(jruby,groovy,javascript,beanshell, jython,judoscript ...)
and use it for string conversion combined with calling ant api
method setProperty() for overwriting an existing property
method setNewPropery for creating a new property
example =
<project name="bla" default="main" basedir=".">
<!-- // Properties -->
<property name="myprop" value="foobar"/>
<!-- Properties // -->
<target name="depends">
<script language="ruby">
<![CDATA[
$project.setProperty "str.toupper", $myprop.upcase
$project.setProperty "str.capitalize", $myprop.capitalize
$project.setProperty "str.chop", $myprop.chop
$project.setProperty "str.delete", $myprop.delete("o","b")
$project.setProperty "str.reverse", $myprop.reverse
$project.setProperty "str.slice", $myprop.slice(3..6)
]]>
</script>
</target>
<target name="main" depends="depends">
<echoproperties prefix="str" />
</target>
</project>
main:
[echoproperties] #Ant properties
[echoproperties] #Mon Apr 30 08:33:52 CEST 2007
[echoproperties] str.delete=foobar
[echoproperties] str.reverse=raboof
[echoproperties] str.toupper=FOOBAR
[echoproperties] str.chop=fooba
[echoproperties] str.slice=bar
[echoproperties] str.capitalize=Foobar
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds
Regards, Gilbert
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