-----Original Message----- From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:17 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: while-like structure in Ant
On 5/10/07, Emir Mahmut BAHSI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > I have been working on conditional structures and loop structures on > existing workflow managers for a long time. For this purpose I have > implemented two simple examples for if-type and switch-type cases (examples > are attached). In these examples my program is simply downloading a file. If > that file does not exist in the first web address it tries another address. > However, I could not implement a loop structure for that. In the loop case > the program should try the same address until the file exists. Actually I > know this is not a reasonable and useful scenario but I just want to show > whether a conditional-loop scenario can be implemented in Ant. > > Can u suggest me anything to implement that example. Any help is > appreciated. /* The ant-contrib project is providing conditional tasks which may help, but if you want to have your own syntax and the very specific url availability as a condition (like you wrote), maybe using a script (using scriptdef for example) would be a good fit. */ +1 i would go via <script(def) .../> and a scripting language running in BSF (JRuby, Groovy, Beanshell ... ) or use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] see = http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/475/ Regards, Gilbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
